Central West Hospital and Health Board Chair Jane Williams said the Open Day would be held on 12 November and the entire community was invited to come and look at the new facility before it opened.

"The Open Day will be from 10 am to 2 pm with guided tours and light refreshments available,'' she said.

The new facility will then be officially opened on 20 November by Director-General of Queensland Health Dr John Wakefield.

Ms Williams said the new primary health centre and attached Wellbeing Centre had been designed to reflect the iconic outback Queensland form of an elevated, above-ground, single- storey building with pitched roof and wide, shaded verandahs.

"Together, the two adjoining facilities will deliver a state-of-the-art new health facility for the Boulia and surrounding community,'' she said.

The new primary health centre includes an emergency area, treatment bay, X-ray room, four consultation rooms, pharmacy area, office and storage space, a reception and waiting area, staff rooms, amenities, two ambulance bays and an adjoining two-bedroom, self-contained staff accommodation unit with a secure corridor link to the main building.

An extensive solar panel array supplements the mains electricity supply.

Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services Steven Miles said the new Boulia PHC was just one of many projects in the Central West which the Palaszczuk Government was modernising.

"The Palaszczuk Government is delivering for all Queenslanders, including those in Central West with projects like the Boulia Primary Health Centre, as well as the new Blackall Hospital," he said.

"These new facilities will make health services more accessible for some of our most remote communities and will go a long way towards the Palaszczuk Government's commitment to making Queenslanders among the healthiest in the world by 2026.''

Mr Miles said the State Government had decided to replace the old primary health centre entirely rather than simply refurbish it due to the age of the facility.

"The current primary health centre is more than 35 years old and is well overdue for an upgrade, so to facilitate this we increased the budget for the project to ensure people in Boulia have access to the best possible health services,'' he said.

With the new facility fully operational, the old primary healthcare centre would be demolished and removed, Mr Miles said.

Ms Williams said the Wellbeing Centre component of the $7.24 million project was funded by a $572,900 Commonwealth contribution delivered through the Boulia Shire Council.

"The Wellbeing Centre includes a secure two-chair, self-care dialysis unit for the local community that will be managed by the Central West HHS, along with separate community meeting rooms and amenities,'' Ms Williams said.

"The new self-care dialysis unit will allow suitable clients to access the centre at all times to dialyse themselves in Boulia, without having to relocate to major centres such as Mount Isa or Townsville for nurse-assisted dialysis services.''

Ms Williams said up to three Boulia residents were expected to benefit initially from the new self-care dialysis unit.

"It will be a major improvement to their day-to-day lives, as well as to others who will be able to use it in the future,'' she said.

Boulia Shire Mayor Rick Britton said the council was proud to be part of a program which would deliver quality services to the people of Boulia.

"The project is a catalyst which demonstrates that Commonwealth, state and local governments working together can achieve outstanding results and we all look forward, with anticipation, to the opening of the new facility,'' Mr Britton said.

"The long-term vision of Queensland Health, to support not only the residents but also those staff who either choose to live in Boulia or provide temporary nursing care in a state-of-the-art facility, is commendable.''

Central West Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive Jane Hancock said there was a growing trend towards encouraging clinically suitable patients to learn how to dialyse themselves - either in their own home or in self-care units like Boulia - rather than relying on nurse-assisted care which was only available in larger population centres.

"Self-care gives a patient much more flexibility and independence,'' Ms Hancock said.

"I'd like to thank the Boulia Shire Council for partnering with us to deliver this self-care dialysis unit and Wellbeing Centre for the local community.

"It will be of great benefit to residents once completed and for many years into the future. "Being part of the new primary health centre, the self-care dialysis unit will have excellent infrastructure for water purification which is sometimes not possible to provide in private homes in the community and which is vital for safe home or self-care dialysis.''

Ms Hancock said candidates for self-care dialysis must meet set safety criteria, including being deemed clinically stable enough to dialyse themselves in a remote setting without immediate access to specialist renal medicine services.

"Patients who are not clinically stable enough to dialyse themselves in a remote self-care unit, must continue to access nurse-assisted dialysis services such as those available at the full nurse-assisted units at Mount Isa, Townsville or Rockhampton,'' she said.

Ms Hancock said the health service had enlisted the support of Alice Springs-based Purple House to provide advice and support for the planned Boulia self-care dialysis unit.

Purple House is an innovative Indigenous-owned and run health service that delivers remote dialysis services throughout the Northern Territory from 14 clinics and a mobile dialysis truck.

"Purple House are the experts on delivering appropriate dialysis services to very remote communities and we are keen to learn from and work with them,'' Ms Hancock said.

The new Boulia facility forms part of a total package of more than $63 million worth of State Government-funding health infrastructure works in the Central West over the past three years that have either been completed or are currently under way.

These include:

The Boulia project was delivered by contractor partners St Hilliers Property Pty Ltd and AUSCO Modular (Townsville) and was built using modern pre-fabricated modular construction methods like those used for the Alpha Hospital and Multipurpose Health Service, completed in 2016.

The modular build reduced construction time and will make it easier add additional structural components in the future as needs require.

St Hilliers also is the successful contract tenderer who will undertake the new Blackall Hospital construction from December.

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