The Queensland Government has invested over $2 billion in health infrastructure across the Gold Coast District over five years (2007-2012) to meet the health needs of the increasing population, including Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital Expansion and the Robina Health Precinct.

As one of Australia's fastest growing cities and most popular tourist destinations, the Gold Coast required a facility that could incorporate flexibility into the design to allow for future expansion. The new hospital is a highly efficient design with capacity to change and grow to meet future health service needs of the community.

Delivering a structure the scale of the Gold Coast University Hospital requires a number of detailed planning and design stages. This process commenced back in 2005 and encompasses health service delivery, design and construction.

The new facility will be comprised of seven main buildings, with a total floor space of around 170 000 square metres (excluding car parks). To help you visualise just how large this is, the total floor space of the existing Gold Coast Hospital in Southport is around 54 000 square metres in comparison - around one third of the size of your new hospital.

The Clinical Services and Clinical Support building will connect with the two Inpatient Units, forming the main complex. There will be nine levels in the main complex, topped with a helicopter landing site.