New! Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital opens 27 May 2024
The new Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital will open to patients on Monday 27 May 2024. Located at 59 Levington Road, the Satellite Hospital is designed to provide convenient access to healthcare without the need to travel to a major hospital for non-emergency care.
About the Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital
The satellite hospital will offer a range of healthcare services including:
- a minor injury and illness clinic
- kidney dialysis
- cancer day therapy
- outpatient services
- allied health services such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy
- mental health services.
See the information flyer for an overview of Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital's services and details, or visit the Metro South Health website: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/EMPSH.
Watch: Dr Daniel Weston introduces the new satellite hospital
Watch the recorded General Practitioner Introduction Session on the Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital. Delivered by Dr Daniel Weston for Metro South Health, learn about the services offered by the satellite hospital.
Video length: 15:30 minutes.
About the hospital's Minor Injury and Illness Clinic
The Minor Injury and Illness Clinic at the Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital will operate from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week. It is free for Medicare card holders for walk-in urgent treatment of conditions that aren't life-threatening.
Although the Minor Injury and Illness Clinic offers free, walk-in care, GPs are still the first point of contact for non-urgent, routine and preventative health care. Should a person not require urgent care, they will be referred to their nominated GP for further assessment and management.
Looking for more urgent care options for your patients?
In addition to Minor Illness and Injury Clinics, the Australian Government's Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) are designed to bridge the gap between general practice (GP) care and hospital emergency departments, helping to reduce patient wait times and ease pressure on hospitals.
There are 2 Medicare UCCs operating in the Brisbane South PHN region:
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
Easing pressure on: Logan Hospital
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
Additional services provided: Imaging and pathology services
Easing pressure on: Mater, Queensland Children’s and Princess Alexandra Hospitals