Medi-Nav Orientation Resource v6, 2024

| 3 Complementing the Queensland government health vision, the Department of Health and each of the 16 HHSs in Queensland have developed a strategic plan to each identify its vision, purpose, objectives and performance indicators. Read more: HEALTHQ32: A vision for Queensland's health system | Queensland Health Department of Health Strategic Plan 2021-2025 Queensland Hospital and Health Services strategic plans Queensland Health Strategic Plans 2.4 Hospital and Health Services Public health services are delivered though 16 HHSs across Queensland. HHSs are statutory bodies with a governing board, accountable to the local community and the Queensland Parliament, via the Department of Health. The boards of each HHS have expertise to manage large, complex healthcare organisations and to drive improvements in health outcomes. HHSs are committed to providing a range of services aimed at achieving good health and wellbeing for all Queenslanders. While there are variances between all HHSs, the types of facilities within each can be broadly grouped into the following categories: For more information, visit the service profiles for each HHS and facilities within: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/services + Large, tertiary referral and teaching hospitals which provide an extensive range of services and subspecialties, education, research and support for smaller hospitals + Other large metropolitan facilities which provide a large range of services + Regional primary and secondary hospitals which provide surgical, medical, emergency care, maternity and some subspecialties either on a permanent or visiting basis + Smaller rural hospitals which provide surgical, medical, emergency, investigative services and some visiting subspecialties either permanently or on a weekly or monthly basis + Primary Healthcare Centres and Multipurpose Health Services which provide emergency care, visiting subspecialties, aged care and focus on chronic disease maintenance. | 21