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Strategic Plan 2003 - 2007

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Our Vision:

To provide and be recognised for providing Queenslanders with the best health and health related services in the nation.

Our Mission:

Helping people to better health and well-being.

Our principles are:

• Operating as one organisation providing a comprehensive health system
• Focusing the purpose and role of Queensland Health on:
• Prevention, health promotion and early intervention
• Evidence-based clinical practice
• Partnership with all health care providers (including private sector and non-government bodies); and
• Managing the public health risks to Queenslanders
• Maintaining a high quality of health care
• Priority in allocation of resources to meet demonstrated need and principles of equity
• Encouraging individual responsibility for personal health care
• Implementing the principles of the Charter of Public Service in a Culturally Diverse Society
• Fostering research and education to continuously improve health services
• Transparent and accountable processes consistent with sound business practice
• Respect for the health rights and needs of individual consumers

Our values:

We recognise that the people of Queensland trust us to act in their interest at all times. To fulfil our mission and sustain this trust we share four core values:

• Quality and recognition
• Professionalism
• Teamwork
• Performance Accountability

Future focus

The Strategic Plan for 2003-2007 articulates the key objectives Queensland Health needs to achieve in order to meet core commitments to the public of Queensland and other government agencies. The Smart State: Health 2020 Directions Statement was released in December 2002. This document provides a broad description of key directions for the Queensland health system to realise the Health 2020 vision, which is ‘The best health and quality of life in Australia and a health system that ranks with the world ’s best ’. Queensland Health is serious about achieving the Health 2020 vision. This vision and the key directions raise some challenges for Queensland Health, particularly given the rapid pace of change.

To ensure that Queensland Health can meet these challenges, I have initiated the Integrating Strategy and Performance process. Through this process Queensland Health will identify the key strategies to achieve the Health 2020 vision, determine how we will know when we achieve these strategies and measure our performance along the way. Queensland Health is currently undertaking the first two steps in the process, which is reflected in this Strategic Plan. This will launch us on the journey to achieve the Health 2020 vision. The further steps and outcomes of the ISAP process will be reflected in subsequent strategic plans.

The Strategic Plan is fundamental to Queensland Health and provides a clear, simple guide that will assist us in helping people achieve better health and well-being. It is imperative to our business that our activities continue in line with this plan to ensure that we can meet our objectives

(Dr) R L Stable
Director-General
June 2003