Queensland Health Strategic Plan 2011-2015
Our vision
Working together for a healthier Queensland.
Our purpose
Providing safe, sustainable, efficient, quality and responsive health services for all Queenslanders.
Our values
Caring for people
We will show due regard for the contribution and diversity of all staff and treat all patients and consumers, carers and their families with professionalism and respect.
Leadership
We will exercise leadership in the delivery of health services and in the broader health system by communicating vision, aligning strategy with delivering outcomes, taking responsibility, supporting appropriate governance and demonstrating commitment and consideration for people.
Partnership
Working collaboratively and respectfully with other service providers and partners is fundamental to our success.
Accountability, efficiency and effectiveness
We will measure and communicate our performance to the community and governments. We will use this information to inform ways to improve our services and manage public resources effectively, efficiently and economically.
Innovation
We value creativity. We are open to new ideas and different approaches and seek to continually improve our services through our contributions to, and support of, evidence, innovation and research.
Under Toward Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland-Queensland Health is the lead agency for the Healthy ambition and targets.
Healthy-making Queenslanders Australia's healthiest people
- Cut by one-third obesity, smoking, heavy drinking and unsafe sun exposure.
- Queensland will have the shortest public hospital waiting times in Australia.
This plan outlines our strategies to support the achievement of these targets.
Queensland Health also contributes to achieving the other Q2 ambitions.
Fair-supporting safe and caring communities
through supporting access to public sector health services for all Queenslanders and by expanding and enhancing the hospital volunteer programs.
Strong-creating a diverse economy powered by bright ideas
by supporting medical research and development through research initiatives managed by the Office of Health and Medical Research (OHMR) and by continuing its $6.998 billion health infrastructure program (the largest ever undertaken in the nation).
Smart-delivering world class education and training
by providing access to clinical training opportunities for student doctors, nurses and allied professionals and by continuing the education and training of its workforce.
Green-protecting our lifestyle and environment
by minimising energy consumption across Queensland Health's facilities.
National partnerships
Queensland Health continues to work closely with the Australian Government and other states and territories through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to achieve our strategic priorities and objectives. The department continues to work in partnership to prevent chronic diseases, improve access to elective surgery and emergency departments, improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, support immunisation to protect the population's health, develop and implement eHealth information systems and deliver new and improved infrastructure.
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