The seven-storey building includes three floors of cancer services, an expanded intensive care unit, two general hospital wards, a plant room, staff office space and a rooftop helipad.

[10][11] The oncology services were established at the hospital after many years of lobbying from the community for better cancer treatment options in Central Queensland.

[16] After many years of complaints from the community about the lack of parking at Rockhampton Hospital, a new 597-space multi-storey carpark which took 18 months to build at a cost of $25 million, opened in March 2019.

It was relocated to the Rockhampton Heritage Village at Parkhurst and a new modern post office was built on the hospital site, at the corner of North and Quarry Street.

[19] Despite the redevelopment, Rockhampton Hospital continues to struggle with demand during busy periods, with a shortage of beds for patients in the emergency department often causing instances of "ambulance ramping" where patients are forced to wait in ambulance vehicles outside before being admitted for treatment during busy periods.