The Friendly Society Private Hospital, located in Bundaberg Queensland, has commenced construction on a $30 million re-development.  The re-development will increase the physical size of the hospital by a staggering 70% and will deliver 57 additional inpatient beds and six beds for day oncology.

“For the past two years, the hospital has been functioning at peak occupancy, which has prevented the hospital from meeting the growing community need for private admissions.” said Alan Cooper, hospital CEO.

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The Friendly Society Private Hospital goes a long way to providing the best possible conditions and best possible working environment for their employees to enjoy.  As a world class state of the art, acute care medical facility that consistently demonstrates a ‘friendly’ and open culture, in a stunning sub tropical Queensland location; it is little wonder that a recent employee survey conducted by independent research company, Best Practice Australia reported that 84% of Friendly Society Private Hospital employees firmly believe the ‘Friendlies’ is a “Truly Great Place to Work”.  

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The Friendly Society Private Hospital, located in Bundaberg Queensland, has become Australia’s first hospital to offer a new benefit to its nursing staff.

In July a corporate agreement was signed with the Royal College of Nursing (RCNA) which will bring added advantages to existing and future staff.  The agreement, which is one of two new models founded by the RCNA, is known as the Corporate Partnership Plus initiative.

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