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Key Priorities - Workforce Development

Workforce Development

The Queensland Public Health Forum QPHF has identified Workforce Development as a priority issue for action and has subsequently developed the Workforce Development Strategic Statement including the Action Plan. This Strategic Statement considers the evidence and the benefits of an appropriately skilled, sustainable and distributed public health workforce and recommends appropriate actions.

The implementation of this Strategic Statement is the responsibility of the Workforce Development Implementation Working Group which provides progress reports to the Executive. The Working Group has focused on Indigenous Health, and concentrating on

Children and young people
Chronic Disease Strategy
Environmental Health

With particular focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander worker health.

QPHF recognises that an appropriately skilled, sustainable and distributed workforce is essential for maximising public health outcomes. Workforce development is guided by strong and sustainable relationships between health and education sectors and is informed by evidence, policy and planning of the broader health system. QPHF has the potential to provide insights into workforce alignment from a range of perspectives.

Useful Sites

Queensland Government Indigenous Partnerships Queensland

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce

National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Australian Government Implementation Plan 2003-2008

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Action Plan

The Queensland Public Health Forum will take the following actions:

Priority action areas	Key issues to be addressed	Planned actions
Support national initiatives	Identify national initiatives Avoid duplication of effort	Communicate support for a national workforce policy that is inclusive of the population health/public health workforce. Respond to the outcomes of the PHERP Phase III Review
Support state initiatives	Identify state initiatives Collaboration between government, non-government and education sector Trans-disciplinary training Mapping accress a variety of public health settings	Communicate support for workforce development initiatives identified in the Queensland Health Strategic Plan 2004-2010 and the Action Plan for the National Workforce Strategic Framework. Participate in Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce Implementation Plan stakeholder forums. Work collaboratively with QPHF members to further develop planned actions. Communicate support for relevant initiatives recommended in the Public Health Workforce in Local Government Report July 2004.
Inter-sectoral collaboration and partnerships	Investigate opportunities for collaboration and partnership between government, non-government, professional organisations and the education sector.	Develop and conduct a workshop with broad participation, to finalise a plan to advance agreed priority actions in workforce development. Investigate processes to formalise linkages with national workforce bodies with a view to improving national and jurisdictional consistencies.

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Last Updated: 11 February 2008
Last Reviewed: 26 August 2008