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Queensland Health

Queensland Health
Agency overview
Formed1859 (1859)[1]
JurisdictionQueensland Government
Headquarters33 Charlotte Street, Brisbane
EmployeesIncrease 97,207 (2020–21)[2]
Annual budgetIncrease A$22.24 billion (2021–22)[3]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Michael Walsh, Director-General[5]
Child agencies
Websitehealth.qld.gov.au

Queensland Health is the name of the overall public health service in the state of Queensland, Australia. The system is made up of 16 Hospital and Health Services (HHS'), and the Queensland Department of Health. Each HHS covers a certain geographical area of Queensland, with the exception of the state-wide service, Children's Health Queensland, and operates health facilities and other services. The Department of Health is responsible for the management and performance of the system, and support services like finance, centralised supply and procurement, HR, and IT services.[1] Most HHS' also have associated foundations and authorities, which provide additional support.[6]

Like all other states and territories in Australia, the Queensland Government provides free or low-cost health services to people with a Medicare card or are from reciprocal country, or at-cost services to ineligible patients. In addition, some people from northern New South Wales and the Northern Territory receive care through Queensland Health due to a lack of services in their local areas. Queensland became the first state in Australia to introduce free universal public hospital treatment in January 1946, a policy later adopted by other jurisdictions.[7]

Queensland Health employs over 97,000 staff and has an annual operating budget of over AU$30 billion.[2] At the end of June 2014, there were 11,109 inpatient beds available across all state hospitals, with 305 designed intensive care beds.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b "Queensland Health on Facebook". Facebook. 1 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Department of Health Annual Report 2020–2021" (PDF). Annual Report. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Government. 28 September 2021. ISSN 1838-4110. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ^ "2021-22 Budget". Queensland Health. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Yvette D'Ath MP". Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Director-General". Queensland Health. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Queensland Health organisational structure". Queensland Health. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Free Hospital Treatment". The Worker. Brisbane. 7 January 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via Trove (National Library of Australia).
  8. ^ "Available beds and available bed alternatives as at 30 June, 2011/2012,2012/2013, 2013/2014". Open Data Portal. Queensland Government. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  9. ^ Dennien, Matt (12 January 2022). "'Nine times more likely to end up in hospital': Qld CHO warns the unvaxxed". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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