Department of Health strategic plan

The Department of Health Strategic Plan 2021-2025 (2024 update) (PDF 861 kB) was updated on 1 July 2024.

This plan supports the department’s contribution to the seven system priorities of the HealthQ32 vision.

It outlines the department's strategies for supporting the health and wellbeing of all Queenslanders.

Our vision

A dynamic and responsive health system where our workforce is valued and empowered to provide world class healthcare to all Queenslanders.

Our focus areas

  • Maximise wellbeing: Improve the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders
  • Care in the community: Strengthen access to care in the community and closer to home
  • Care in hospital: Optimise delivery of safe, appropriate and timely hospital care

System outcomes

  1. Queenslanders have access to quality and safe healthcare and equitable outcomes.
  2. Queenslanders have overall improved health, a good start to life, healthy ageing and a good end-of-life experience.
  3. Queensland has an innovative, connected and sustainable health system.
  4. Queensland’s health workforce is valued, respected and empowered to lead the delivery of world class health services;  each working to the top of their scope of practice.

System priorities

  • Reform: Delivering connected, equitable, sustainable and integrated healthcare
  • First Nations: Placing First Nations peoples at the centre of healthcare design and delivery in Queensland
  • Workforce: A responsive, skilled and valued workforce where our people feel supported
  • Consumer Safety and Quality: Ensuring the delivery of safe and quality healthcare that supports consumers to achieve  better health outcomes
  • Health Services: Sustainable, personalised healthcare that delivers outcomes that matter most to patients and the community
  • Public Policy: Delivering quality advice to government to drive an agile, future-focused health policy agenda
  • Research: A health system where research and innovation are encouraged, supported and enabled

System enablers

  • Flexible, future-fit infrastructure that enables world-class healthcare
  • Adaptable and sustainable funding and commissioning approach
  • Integrated and accessible technology, digital health and analytics
  • Authentic partnerships
  • Leadership, culture and governance that supports change

Our opportunities and challenges

  • Sustainable health system: Building capacity to meet current and future demand
  • Connected services: Redesigning patient flow and models of care through a coordinated network of partners
  • Workforce: Attracting, developing and retaining a responsive and agile workforce
  • Leadership, accountability and culture: Structuring the system to support shared decision-making, collaboration and collective accountability
  • Equity of access and outcomes: Safe and quality patient care and equitable access to care
  • Digital transformation: Accelerating our state-wide capacity to deliver digitally enabled care
  • Funding: Deploying flexible funding models delivered in partnership
  • Infrastructure: Delivering quality healthcare facilities through capital and asset strategy and management

Previous strategic plans

Last updated: 1 July 2024