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10,000 extra health workers delivered to rebuild Queensland Health frontline
The Queensland Government has grown Queensland’s health workforce by an additional 10,000 health workers in its 20 months, helping to rebuild the health frontline and deliver health services when Queenslanders need them most.
It is a major milestone towards the Government's election commitment of an additional 46,000 health workers by 2032.
More than 7,000 of the 10,000-plus new recruits are nurses, midwives, paramedics, doctors and allied health professionals.
Importantly, the workforce uplift also includes more than 2,800 staff in non-clinical or clinical support roles, who are critical to making the delivery of high-quality health services possible from Currumbin to the Cape and beyond.
The 10,000 additional health workers is the result of record recruitment under the Queensland Government and lower attrition.
The Queensland Government is delivering more free healthcare than ever before and health services when Queenslanders need them, with the fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan to deliver three new and ten expanded hospitals.The latest health data shows Queensland's ambulance ramping rate fell to 35.5 per cent in May 2026. Premier David Crisafulli said the milestone showed the Government was rebuilding the frontline to deliver health services when Queenslanders need them.
"This is more nurses and midwives, more paramedics and more doctors on the front line to ensure Queenslanders can access care when they need it," Premier Crisafulli said.
"We made a promise to rebuild the health frontline, and with more than 10,000 frontline workers already delivered, that's exactly what we’re doing.
"We will continue to reduce ramping and stabilise the elective surgery waitlist by delivering more hospital beds and building the frontline workforce to ensure Queenslanders can access the health services when and where they need them."
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Tim Nicholls said Employing more health professionals is just one part of the solution and we will be doing all we can to attract and retain doctors, nurses, midwives, ambulance officers, allied health workers and other health workers to Queensland Health, especially to the areas they are needed most," Minister Nicholls said.
“This milestone marks a significant step toward the Queensland Government delivering the 46,000 additional health workers needed by 2032, to meet the needs of Queensland’s growing and ageing population.