Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS)

Your health. Our purpose.

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

Juanita is one of the RBWH & STARS switchboard team who manage more than 1 million calls each year.

18 June 2026

Behind the scenes with an unseen first responder

If you’ve ever called RBWH or STARS, you may have spoken to Juanita, one of the switchboard team who keep patients, families and clinicians connected.

Staff profiles , Metro North , RBWH

RBWH Clinical Nurse , Joanne Brown is one of the 150 nurses who have access to the new simulator arm

17 June 2026

RBWH nurses armed with a new training tool

Nurses at RBWH now have access to a realistic simulator arm to help them practice and refine complex vascular access techniques for dialysis patients.

Staff profiles , Metro North , RBWH