Joint protocol renewed

Following a three-year term, the PHN’s joint protocol with Children’s Health Queensland was recently reviewed and a new joint protocol has been formalised, which will determine the next few years working together.

Brisbane North PHN and Children's Health Queensland (CHQ) are committed to a joint and coordinated approach to the development of strategic and operational plans that are grounded in a common understanding of the health needs of children and young people within the Brisbane North community.

Both organisations, in all of their previous forms, have a long history of working together and achieving improved healthcare outcomes for our communities.  

The key objective of the protocol is to adopt a shared and coordinated approach in seeking to address the health needs of the local population in the safest, effective, efficient, patient-centred, timely and equitable manner possible.

In order to achieve these objectives of the protocol, the PHN and CHQ will be working together to:

• identify and prioritise local health needs
• share health information and data
• identify and provide plans and an evaluation mechanism for the key issues identified as requiring cooperation
• enhance service access, coordination and integration across the health continuum
• influence and reform those areas of the health system for which they have responsibility
• engage with clinicians, consumers and community members
• ensure care is delivered in the right place at the right time by and to the right people.

For more information or to download the joint protocol click here.

Pictured: Children’s Health Queensland HHS, Health Service Chief Executive, Frank Tracey, with Brisbane North PHN CEO, Libby Dunstan, pictured in November 2020.