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Milestone reporting

Milestones for the QCH project (most recent first)

2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006

2011

August 2011	Health Minister Geoff Wilson announces QUT and the University of Queensland as inaugural partners of the QCH Academic and Research Facility
July 2011	The first sod is turned on the Leukaemia Foundation Queensland's new accommodation at Boggo Road Urban Village. Once the LFQ has moved to Boggo Road in early 2012, its current premises at South Brisbane will be demolished to clear the way for construction of the QCH Academic and Research Facility
May 2011	Completion of level one slab floor of the QCH
March 2011	Fiona Brewin-Brown appointed executive director of the QCH project

2010

November 2010	Staff and students of the Mater Children's Hospital Special School celebrate the return of their new and improved playground
May 2010	Pathology services are confirmed for the new QCH - a Queensland Government owned and operated pathology lab will provide vital pathology services to the new QCH
April 2010	A fly-around of the new QCH is released First rudimentary room prototypes tested
March 2010	Premier Anna Bligh, with the help of seven-year-old Jack Ford, turns the first sod on the QCH site
January 2010	Abigroup is appointed as the QCH project's managing contractor

2009

December 2009	Medical, nursing and allied health clinical leaders are appointed to help lead and manage the integration of the Royal Children's and Mater Children's hospitals into the QCH
November 2009	Stage one of the Mater's Hancock Street car park opens
October 2009	Another floor is added to the design of the QCH taking it from 10 to 11 levels
July 2009	Commencement of the developed design phase
January 2009	Dr Peter Steer is appointed CEO of Children's Health Services. This role includes responsibility for developing the services the QCH will deliver

2008

November 2008	Second feedback convention involving clinician and family /community members to refine the Schematic Design
September 2008	Commencement of the Hancock Street Carpark (a Mater Health Services Project). The car park is a necessary first step to deliver the QCH project
September/Oct 2008	Master Plan for QCH and the Preliminary Business Case approved by Cabinet Budget Review Committee
June 2008	Commencement of Schematic Design phase of planning.  This involves some 40 core and sub groups in detailed planning of proposed clinical and other spaces. Feedback process from the groups and several planned conventions will progressively refine the design to meet the needs of how services will be delivered in the QCH
End June 2008	Project Definition Plan completed - a stage required to inform the progressive stages of Schematic Design
12 June 2008	The Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service officially opened by the Minister for Health at the Mater Children's Hospital
End May/early June 2008	Release of Queensland Children's Hospital Health Service Plan 2008-2018
20 May 2008	Patients transfer from The Prince Charles Hospital Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service (QPCS) to Mater Children's Hospital
End March 2008	Finalisation of Master Plan report
15 March 2008	Family Forum held at Mater Children's Hospital to introduce Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service cardiac families to new facilities
Feb 2008	First outpatient clinic conducted at Mater Children's Hospital in advance of the move of Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service from The Prince Charles Hospital to the Mater campus

2007

1 October 2007	Paediatric cancer patients transfer from Mater Children's Hospital to Royal Children's Hospital as part of service planning leading to the establishment of the QCH
Sep/Oct 2007	QCH Draft Health Service Plan available for staff and community consultation
21 August 2007	First meeting of QCH Project Delivery Committee
July/Aug 2007	Appointment of QCH project consultants
June 2007	First meeting of QCH Youth Advisory Forum
31 May 2007	First meeting of Joint Hospitals Executive
19 April 2007	QCH website goes live
18 April 2007	First meeting of Family Advisory Council at Parliament House
13 April  2007	Future of general paediatrics at QCH Workshop
26 March 2007	Visioning and Regional Service Planning Workshop - Cairns
19 March 2007	Research Workshop
15 March 2007	Inaugural Statewide Regional Services Workshop
23 February 2007	Third Visioning Workshop for QCH
2 February 2007	Second Visioning Workshop for QCH
21 February 2007	Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service Transition Workshop

2006

28 November 2006	Initial Visioning Workshop for QCH
17 October 2006	Initial meeting of the Strategic Advisory Committee
11 September 2006	Appointment of Professor Alan Isles as Clinical CEO
27 August 2006	Government announces election commitment to building Queensland Children's Hospital