Name change: Satellite hospitals become satellite health centres
The Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, the Hon Tim Nicholls has announced a new name change for satellite hospitals. After a consultation process with health experts, a new name for satellite hospitals has been chosen: satellite health centres.
This means, the Redlands Satellite Hospital and Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital are now called the Redlands Satellite Health Centre and Eight Mile Plains Satellite Health Centre, respectively.
These centres will continue to deliver the same trusted care including minor injury and illness care and outpatient services from dedicated nurses, medical officers, and allied health professionals.
If your patients have a health condition or injury that is not life-threatening such as such as simple fractures, simple infections and allergies, sprains, strains and minor burns, the Redlands and Eight Mile Plains Satellite Health Centres are both open from 8 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week.
Anyone in the community needing healthcare can access the satellite health centres, with minor injury and illness clinic offering a drop-in model similar to the emergency department while outpatient services are facilitated via referral pathways.
Satellite health centres in the Brisbane South PHN region
The Brisbane South PHN region currently has 2 satellite health centres:
Redlands Satellite Health Centre (Talwalpin Milbul – a name chosen by the Redlands Coast community and local Traditional Owners and Elders meaning ‘Redland Bay alive/ active’ in Jandai language)
Eight Mile Plains Satellite Health Centre (Maroo-goodji-ba – a name chosen by the community and local traditional Owners and Elders meaning ‘peace, wellbeing and place of red earth’ in the Yagarabul language).
Both satellite health centres provide convenient access to healthcare without the need to travel to a major hospital for non-emergency care. For more information on our region’s satellite health centres visit, the Redland Satellite Health Centre website or Eight Mile Plain Health Satellite Centre website.
More urgent and after-hours care options for your patients
Quickly access a list of urgent care providers in the Greater Brisbane region on FindCareFast.org.au.
Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) are open extended hours, 7 days a week, for urgent care.
Logan (Browns Plains) Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
Address: Browns Plains Medical & Dental Centre, 2-10 Grand Plaza Drive, Browns Plains
Opening hours: 7 days a week, 8am – 10pm
South Brisbane Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
Address: Cornwall Street Medical Centre, Level 4/20 Cornwall St, Woolloongabba
Opening hours: 7 days a week, 8am – 8pm
Oxley Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
Address:169 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Oxley (within the Canossa Hospital complex)
Opening hours: 7 days a week, 8 am – 8 pm