Queensland Health

Elizabeth Broderick has been asked to look at the adequacy of policies meant to ensure the safety of Queensland hospitals’ frontline staff.

Queensland’s emergency department efficiency and length of hospitals stays ranked in the top 25% of Australian health system in the past year.

Shaun Drummond, Queensland’s top health bureaucrat, has fallen on his sword amidst a blaze of local media coverage.

Labor pledges more public service hirings and more pay with no mention of productivity trade-offs or departmental efficiency dividends.

New laws introduced in the Queensland parliament will deliver tougher enforcement options for the illegal sale and supply of tobacco.

The state’s palliative care and end-of-life support gets an extra $171 million in government funding to guide policy in the area for the next five years.

Molecular biologist Professor Frank Gannon has the tough assignment of repairing the shattered credibility of Queensland’s forensics system.

Health minister Yvette D’Ath says QLD department and frontline workers will still have to stay up to date with their COVID vaccinations.

Queensland has dropped the requirement for visitors to both private and public hospitals to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Restrictions on elective surgery in public hospitals in the ACT and QLD, and in public and private hospitals in NSW, VIC and SA, have kept beds and staff available.

Surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant are leading state and territory governments to tighten some health restrictions to slow the virus’ spread.  The NSW government announced it would ban singing and dancing in hospitality venues and review some major events’ COVID-safe plans, while Victoria reintroduced density limits for hospitality venues on Friday.  Victoria paused […]

GPs and pharmacists will receive an extra incentive to deliver booster shots during the holiday period while requirements for testing, what contacts do, and which priority groups booster programs target are all under consideration.  Federal, state and territory leaders and health officials met on Wednesday at a national cabinet meeting to discuss the Omnicon variant […]

Relieving stress on the public health workforce and government accountability for new commitments are priorities for Australia’s top health officers.