Mater Hospital Springfield

Level seven of Mater Hospital Springfield is allocated expansion space to allow for quick and cost-effective expansion to meet future demand if required. 

Patients, visitors and Mater People will access the hospital’s main entrance off Health Care Drive. This entrance will have direct access to the hospital’s car park with more than 600 car and motorcycle spaces available. There will be an additional entrance to this car park off Nightingale Avenue.  

The car park is ticketed, with all funds raised contributing to better patient care in our local facilities.  

Mercy Avenue will offer access to ambulance, outpatients and the Mater Cancer Care Centre.  

Mater hospitals continually review and assess their services to ensure they are addressing community healthcare needs. 

Mater is proud to be partnering with the Queensland Government to deliver public healthcare services for people living in Greater Springfield.  

Your GP or specialist may refer you to an imaging or other third-party service that is located on site. Please refer to them directly for their fee structure. 

If the patient is in a stable condition and doesn’t have complex needs, their family and care team will try to transfer them to Mater Hospital Springfield, if it is closer to their home.

Further discussions about private maternity services will begin once the Mater Mothers’ Springfield service is operational. 

The inpatient unit for paediatrics has been purpose-built to manage both medical and surgical patients admitted through the Emergency Department.

Yes, this department will have adults and dedicated paediatric bays. 

Greater Ipswich is one of Australia’s fastest growing regions, with an ever-increasing demand for public health services. The population in the Western Metropolitan Corridor is projected to grow by 37 per cent by 2031, which is 11 per cent higher than the state population growth.

It is also 30 minutes by car from Springfield to the nearest emergency, maternity or paediatric wards in Ipswich, Logan or Brisbane.

It is anticipated that an extra 100,000 people will call Springfield and Ripley Valley region home in the next five years. This means we need to invest now to create the beds we know we need in the future.

Queensland Health has contributed more than $1 billion to improve access to essential healthcare in Brisbane's western corridor, including an initial $393 million capital investment and a further $638 million in operational costs over the next four years, with Mater providing a $26 million land contribution.

Construction is expected to be completed in early 2026, with Mater Hospital Springfield set to open in stages to ensure the best quality care for every patient.

Mater Private Hospital Springfield will continue to operate as normal while construction is underway.

The expanded Mater Hospital Springfield will operate under an integrated operating model, delivering healthcare services to both public and private patients within the single facility. 

Mater has a long history of successfully partnering with the State Government to provide public hospital services for Queenslanders. This partnership enables Mater to continue delivering high quality, compassionate care to those in need.

The expansion will deliver the following infrastructure:

• 186 public beds, bringing the total number of private and public beds to 233 
• Intensive Care Unit 
• Maternity unit 
• Paediatric unit
• 24/7 Emergency Department 
• More operating theatres and endoscopy procedural areas 
• Increased clinical capability for more complex care to be delivered locally.

Expressions of interest to work at Mater Hospital Springfield launched in late 2024, with more than 4,000 received for the 1,000 clinical and non-clinical roles prior to any jobs being advertised. Those who have submitted expressions of interest will be the first to be notified when jobs are advertised, with all EOI submissions remaining confidential.  

The first roles are already advertised to allow for extended notice periods, with onboarding set to commence over December 2025 and January 2026. The first staff are expected to be on site from March 2026.

• Chemotherapy
• Emergency Department 
• Ear Nose and Throat Surgery
• Gastroenterology
• General Medicine 
• General Surgery 
• Gynaecology
• Intensive Care Unit 
• Obstetrics 
• Ophthalmology 
• Orthopaedics 
• Outpatients
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Urology

Mater Hospital Springfield will not have a dedicated cardiac unit, however, all patients who present to the Emergency Department will be receive care from highly qualified clinicians. If required, people with complex cardiac conditions will be assessed and stabilised at Mater Hospital Springfield before being transferred to another hospital to ensure they receive the best possible care. 

TransLink operates regular train services to and from Springfield Central from across South East Queensland. In addition, regular buses operate across the district. There are bus hubs at Springfield Central Station and Orion Shopping Centre with services stopping outside Mater Hospital Springfield on Health Care Drive regularly.  

Greater Springfield is a connected community, with Park’n’Ride options in Robelle Domain Parklands and at Springfield Central Station.  

Once fully operational, Mater Hospital Springfield will have an expanded car park for all patients and visitors, with boom gate access. Please remember to take your ticket with you when you park.  

Mater Hospital Springfield has a dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander liaison team which ensures Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a say in their care to make informed decisions. Referrals for this service are not required but are welcome to ensure patients that are new to the service have the best possible experience. This service also offers access to culturally appropriate services such as social workers and transport to and from appointments.  

Mater Private Hospital Springfield is proud to work in partnership with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health to improve healthcare outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This partnership enables more than 200 eye procedures to be performed annually in a culturally appropriate and sensitive manner for patients living across the West Moreton and Metro South Hospital and Health Services regions. 

Mater Hospital Springfield will feature a dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lounge adjacent to the entry foyer to support Mater’s commitment to deliver safe, culturally appropriate healthcare services. 

Volunteers are a crucial part of Mater’s hospital network. Expressions of interest for volunteer positions will open in mid-2026, and information will be provided as soon as it is available. 

Mater Hospital Springfield’s catchment covers the SA3 areas of Springfield-Redbank, Forest Lake-Oxley and Centenary. It is expected the hospital will service patients from within a radius of 15km, however no patient requiring care will be turned away from the hospital. 

Mater Hospital Springfield’s ambulance access to the Emergency Department will be at the rear of the building, away from visitor, patient, staff and doctor car parks, and will include six drop off bays and additional waiting bays. 

Ambulance operations are managed by Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS). 

Nightingale Specialist Suites, opposite Mater Hospital Springfield are under development by Springfield City Group. This is part of Springfield City Group’s master plan to continue the development of Health City, offering a full range of health services in the one precinct. For more information on the construction of Nightingale, click here.