{"id":376720,"date":"2026-10-06T15:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=376720"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:32:45","slug":"hospitals-admit-75000-acute-patents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/10\/06\/hospitals-admit-75000-acute-patents\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals Admit 75,000 Acute Patents"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service – the organisation responsible for the South Burnett’s five public hospitals – admitted more than 75,000 acute in-patients in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

The DDHHS annual report was tabled in State Parliament last week by Health Minister Tim Nicholls.<\/p>\n

In 2025-26, the service admitted 75,003 in-patients to the 16 hospitals across its region, up 4.9 per cent on 2024-25. <\/p>\n

Another 37,397 outpatients and sub-acute patients were treated, up 4.1 per cent over the previous 12 months.<\/p>\n

The annual report revealed a mixed bag of service delivery; performance improved in some areas but declined in others.<\/p>\n

In 2025-26, 28,470 people presented at Emergency Departments, up 4 per cent on the previous year. <\/p>\n

DDHHA Emergency Departments reported seeing all critically urgent cases within the clinically recommended two minutes of arrival. <\/strong><\/p>\n

However, 59 per cent of less critical – although still urgent – patients were seen within the recommended 30 minutes of arrival, rather than the targeted 75 per cent. <\/p>\n

The proportion of attendees who left Emergency within four hours of arrival was 71 per, short of the service\u2019s 80 per cent target.<\/p>\n

In 2025-26, 5603 elective surgical procedures were performed in DDHHS hospitals within clinically recommended times, reducing the median waiting time for surgery from 42 days in 2024-25 to 38 days.<\/p>\n

DSHHS telehealth services were still popular, although the number of consultations (30,136) was down a little on the previous year.<\/p>\n

Construction of the new Toowoomba Hospital is continuing with the new facility expected to open in 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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