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Office of Rural and Remote Health

Welcome to the Office of Rural and Remote Health

The Office of Rural and Remote Health (ORRH) was established to provide a strong voice in the development of statewide policy, strategy and planning, and to foster stronger and more resilient health care in Queensland’s rural and remote communities.
With its main office in Townsville, the ORRH also has staff in Brisbane, Cairns, Emerald and Proserpine. ORRH provides a centralised and coordinated hub to respond to system-wide healthcare challenges through strategy and governance, as well as providing practical support to smaller health services through clinical support. In February 2022, the Director-General launched the Rural and Remote Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022- 2027, which guides ORRH projects.

Modified Monash Model

The ORRH remit is to advocate for MM 4-7 facilities. The Modified Monash Model (MMM) is an Australian Government metric to define whether a location is a city, rural, remote or very remote. The model measures remoteness and population size on a scale of Modified Monash (MM) category MM 1 to MM 7. MM 1 is a major city and MM 7 is very remote.

You can learn more about the MMM here or access a map here (select the MMM 2019 checkbox and use QLD as the location).


Contact us

Office of Rural and Remote Health

Townsville
Level 4, Clinical Practice Building
1 James Cook Drive,
James Cook University
QLD, 4811
Phone: 4433 4885
Email: OfficeofRuralHealth@health.qld.gov.au

Cairns
Office of Rural and Remote Health
Level 1, Building 2, William McCormack Place
5B Sheridan Street, Cairns QLD 4870 (PO Box 7193)
Phone: (07) 4226 3000
Fax: (07) 4226 3040
Email: ORRH-CSU-Cairns@health.qld.gov.au

Brisbane
Level 11, 33 Charlotte Street
Brisbane, QLD 4001

Executive Director
Email:  ORRH-ED@health.qld.gov.au
Projects

Email: Cherie.Dimes@health.qld.gov.au

Medical Employment Advice
Email:  ORRH-CSU-Medical-Employ@health.qld.gov.au
Business Support
Email:  ORRH-Businessservices@health.qld.gov.au
Education and Training
Email:  ORRH-CSU-OnlineED@health.qld.gov.au
Primary Clinical Care Manual
Email:  PCCM@health.qld.gov.au
Chronic Conditions Manual / Rural and Remote Emergency Services Standardisation Guidelines
Email: chronic.conditions.manual@health.qld.gov.au
Credentialing and Scope of Clinical Practice
Email:  ORRH-CSU-Credentialing@health.qld.gov.au