A brand-new mental health facility will be built on the Gold Coast to provide additional critical support to the area.
The State Government has announced construction will begin this year on the new 40-bed centre to be built at the Gold Coast University Hospital’s new Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit (SMHRU).
The facility will be built across two floors and provide secure services to support people with severe and complex mental health disorders in their recovery.
State Minister Meaghan Scanlon says this is a critically necessary addition to the Gold Coast.
“1 in 2 Australians will suffer from mental illness sometime in their life,” Minister Scanlon says.
“It’s why we’re building this facility, why we built the mental health Crisis Stabilisation Unit at Robina Hospital and have committed $1.6 billion to mental health care in the budget,
“Importantly, it’s been developed with the help of people with lived mental health experiences and carers, including in the development of cultural guidance, delivery of services and adoption of recovery-orientated practices.”
The SMHRU will be operated in partnership with Metro South Health to meet a growing demand for secure mental health rehabilitation services across South East Queensland.
Minister Scanlon says the facility is one of many health projects the Palaszczuk Government has committed on the Gold Coast.
“The most recent budget delivered a massive capital injection of $1.388 billion for health infrastructure on the Gold Coast which will deliver an extra 608 beds in addition to the SMHRU,”
“This includes a $1.3 billion investment in the new Coomera Hospital with 404 beds, the $72 million Gold Coast University Hospital modular expansion with 70 extra beds, and Robina Hospital expansions which will create 134 new beds.”
Construction on the facility will begin this year and is expected to be complete in 2024, weather and construction conditions permitting.
