STARS is a specialist rehabilitation and surgical service focussed on providing individualised care and exceptional health outcomes.
Located at the Herston Health Precinct, STARS is part of a collaborative community home to more than 30 health facilities, medical research institutes, universities and organisations. The Precinct is made up of 13,000 clinical and non-clinical staff, scientists, researchers and students, working together to deliver excellence in health.
Welcome to STARS
Here is a short video to familiarise yourself with STARS and the easy check-in process.
With 100 beds for rehabilitation, STARS is one of the largest specialist rehabilitation services in the southern hemisphere.
Low complexity, elective, short stay surgical procedures will be available across a range of targeted specialty areas including:
- Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT)
- General surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Urology
Latest news
16 October 2026
RBWH audiologist raises awareness of little-known medical emergency
Imagine waking up to find you have lost, or significantly reduced, hearing in one or both ears. For people experiencing Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, this can be a frightening reality.
News , Metro North , RBWH
14 October 2026
Stop The Bleed training equipping everyday Queenslanders with lifesaving skills
Metro North Health’s Jamison Trauma Institute is equipping everyday Queenslanders with the skills to stop life-threatening uncontrolled bleeding.
14 October 2026
A blood test could soon detect cervical cancer as RBWH and UQ launch CLARITY study
RBWH specialist and UQ chief investigator Professor Andreas Obermair is leading the CLARITY study, which will look at whether cervical cancer may be detected through a simple blood test.
News , Metro North , RBWH , Research News
9 October 2026
Safer medication tool rolls out internationally following Metro North success
HeIDI Research Fellow Karen Davies has created a tool to make medication administration safer, which has now been adopted across the globe.
News , Metro North , RBWH
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards./ MetroNorthHHS
"I'm a gardener and a very outgoing person so I don't usually sit around a lot. My stomach basically exploded so I had to come here in the ambulance, but it has been gold stars all around for the doctors and the nurses here. I was a painter and decorator by trade so I'm usually outside when the sun comes up at 5:30, working away in the garden. My advice is always to take it day by day, I have had two heart attacks and had cancer twice and I just took each day as it came."
💭 Monday Mantra, Fred, Caboolture Hospital patient on Ward 2A
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