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Welcome to the Office of Rural and Remote Health

Message from the Senior Director, Pattie Hudson:

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“IN THE MIST OF OCEAN, RAINFOREST AND A SUNBURNT LAND….
Rural and Remote Health in Qld”

ORRH Senior Director, Pattie HudsonI have the great honour of heading up a team of health professionals that will influence the development of enhanced Rural and Remote Health Services which aim to meet the ever changing needs of rural and remote communities in Queensland.

Our office provides support and advice directly to the five District Chief Executive Officers in Torres Strait, Cape York, Mount Isa, Central West and South West, as well as state-wide rural communities, across the following functions:

The Office of Rural and Remote Health participate on a range of state and national boards and committees and advocates on behalf of Rural and Remote Queensland for the most appropriate resources and service delivery models to gain the best possible health and well being outcomes for Rural Queensland.

This website will provide you with up-to-date information on the range of services, actions and initiatives happening in the Office of Rural and Remote Health and includes links to the Office of Rural and Remote Health supported Rural and Remote Districts. We hope you will enjoy our website and that it will allow you to join us in enhancing safe and quality health care to rural and remote Queensland communities.

NOTE:
The majority of links on the ORRH site are on the internet, however there are some pages that are on the Queensland Health intranet system. If you are not a QH employee and using QH access you will not be able to view these intranet pages. Please contact the Web Publisher at the ORRH for more information.


Last Updated: 24 July 2009
Last Reviewed: 24 July 2009