We've heard you

We received a significant number of responses and while the majority of these were submitted by internal stakeholders across Queensland Health, valuable feedback has been submitted by external stakeholders, including professional associations, higher education and training providers, unions, government and non-government organisations and consumers.
 

  • 1,195

    Engagements

  • 797

    Feedback submissions

  • 14

    Online feedback sessions

  • 63

    Stakeholder meetings between 1 November 2023 and 31 January 2024

Focus areas

1. Supporting and retaining our current workforce

How do we...

Create positive work environments and improve employ experience.

  • Support for staff working rural and remote
  • Workplace flexibility
  • Support career development
  • Psychosocial safety and staff well being
  • Accomodation

2. Build new pipelines of talent

How do we...

Build on existing and develop new sources of talent targeted across priority areas.

  • Support opportunities (Scholarships, traineeships, cadetships)
  • Mobility between HHSs
  • Streamlined recruitment processes
  • Knowledge sharing

3. Adapt and innovate new ways to deliver

How do we...

Enable the cleverness of our people to create new ways of working for now and the future.

  • Administrative support and efficiencies
  • Scope of practice
  • Models of care and consideration of new specialised roles as well as up/re-skilling of highly impacted workforce groups
  • Technology

Next steps

March 2024
We are currently developing the Health Workforce Strategy for Queensland to 2032.

April to May 2024
Finalisation of strategy and progress for approval through government processes.

Get in touch

For more information, email
ws_projectteam@health.qld.gov.au

Last updated: 1 February 2024