Sunshine Coast University Hospital

The Sunshine Coast University Hospital is a hospital on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is affiliated with the University of the Sunshine Coast and Griffith University.^[2]

Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Queensland Health
Geography
Location	6 Doherty Street, Birtinya, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	26.7441°S 153.1146°E / -26.7441; 153.1146
Organisation
Care system	Public Medicare (AU)
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of the Sunshine Coast and Griffith University, School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	707[1]
Helipads
Helipad	(ICAO: YXHS)
Number Length Surface ft m 1 aluminium
Links
Website	Official website
Lists	Hospitals in Australia

History

In July 2012, Minister for Health Lawrence Springborg from the Newman Ministry of the Queensland Government appointed the Exemplar Health consortium comprising Lendlease, Capella Capital, Siemens and Spotless to deliver the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) as a public–private partnership.^[3] Construction began in October 2012.^[4] It opened in March 2017 with 450 beds, this is expected to increase to 738 by 2021. It was the first teaching hospital to open in Australia for 20 years.^[5][6] It cost $1.8 billion.^[7] The hospital was designed by Sunshine Coast Architects, a partnership between Architectus Brisbane, Stantec Architecture and HDR Rice Daubney of Sydney. Engineering design services were provided by Aurecon.