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fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-widget-area awb-widget-area-element fusion-widget-area-3 fusion-content-widget-area\" style=\"--awb-title-size:1.214rem;--awb-title-color:#008598;--awb-padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div id=\"custom_html-2\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\">\t<div class=\"on-this-page\"><h4>On this page<\/h4><ul id=\"onThisPage\"><\/ul><\/div>\n\t<script>\n\tjQuery(function($) {\n\n\t\t$('#onThisPage').empty();\n\n\t\tvar index = 0;\n\n\t\t$('h2').not('#font_resize_panel_heading, .contact-us h2, .rhs-col h2, .landing-tile h2, .modal-body h2, .qh-lh-nav-title h2, 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Queenslanders by providing additional computed tomography (CT) scanners and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines across regional Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Statewide MRI and CT Expansion program, six new MRI machines and nine CT scanners will be installed at 11 locations across the State, taking pressure off existing facilities by delivering healthcare where Queenslanders need it.<\/p>\n<h2>Project News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/news\/medical-imaging-service-at-brighton\">Community voices helping delivery of new medical imaging service<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/news\/new-medical-imaging-service-coming-to-brighton-health-campus\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">New medical imaging service coming to Brighton Health Campus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1 qh-callout\" 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fusion-text-2\"><h2>Medical Imaging &#8211; Brighton<\/h2>\n<p>A new Medical Imaging Department will be located at Brighton Health Campus bringing additional imaging capacity to the suburbs of Northern Brisbane, reducing travel, streamlining care pathways, and supporting earlier diagnosis for patients who currently need to attend larger hospitals for routine and complex imaging.<\/p>\n<p>The medical imaging department will operate as a satellite facility of the Redcliffe Hospital Medical Imaging Department.<\/p>\n<h2>Service benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Delivery of a new medical imaging department on Brighton Health Campus will reshape care across the northern corridor by improving access, reducing waiting times and supporting better outcomes through modern technology and culturally safe, patient\u2011centred services.<\/p>\n<p>The department will offer CT, MRI, Ultrasound and X\u2011ray imaging for Brighton Campus patients and provides outpatient appointments for eligible Metro North patients from other locations, helping to bring services closer to home.<\/p>\n<h2>Project timeline<\/h2>\n<p>October 2025: $276 million Statewide MRI and CT Expansion Program announced.<\/p>\n<p>February 2026: Appointment of the Principal Consultant (the design lead \u2013 architecture, master planning and engineering) and commencement of design consultation and project planning.<\/p>\n<p>2027: Construction commences<\/p>\n<h2>About the Statewide MRI and CT Expansion Program<\/h2>\n<p>The Statewide MRI and CT Expansion Program is an investment in the future of our health system, delivering new infrastructure across eleven Queensland locations.<\/p>\n<p>It will deliver hospital infrastructure that will transform public healthcare across Queensland, relieving pressure on existing facilities to help deliver healthcare where Queenslanders need it.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"qh-cta-link\" href=\"https:\/\/statements.qld.gov.au\/statements\/103695\">Read the Ministerial media statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Hospital Rescue Plan<\/h2>\n<p>The Statewide MRI and CT Expansion Program is part of The Hospital Rescue Plan which will deliver more than 2,600 new beds alongside more investment in a bigger health workforce.<\/p>\n<p>This plan gives certainty to industry, health professionals, communities and, most importantly, Queenslanders.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"qh-cta-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plan.health.qld.gov.au\/\">Read the Hospital Rescue Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2>Contact us<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Need this form in another format? \u00a0Please email <a title=\"mailto:mnh-smace@health.qld.gov.au\" href=\"mailto:mnh-smace@health.qld.gov.au\" data-linkindex=\"1\">mnh-smace@health.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Metro North Health Assets and Infrastructure<\/p>\n<p>Brighton SMACE Project Team<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"mailto:mnh-smace@health.qld.gov.au\" href=\"mailto:mnh-smace@health.qld.gov.au\" data-linkindex=\"0\" 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