Queensland Health: Budget Paper 5 – Service Delivery Statements
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Queensland Budget 2015-16 Service Delivery Statements Queensland Health Queensland Budget 2015-16 Service Delivery Statements www.budget.qld.gov.au 2015-16 Queensland Budget Papers 1. Budget Speech 2. Budget Strategy and Outlook 3. Capital Statement 4. Budget Measures 5. Service Delivery Statements Appropriation Bills Jobs Now, Jobs for the Future - Queensland Government employment plan Budget Highlights The suite of Budget Papers is similar to that published in 2014-15. The Budget Papers are available online at www.budget.qld.gov.au © Crown copyright All rights reserved Queensland Government 2015 Excerpts from this publication may be reproduced, with appropriate acknowledgement, as permitted under the Copyright Act. Service Delivery Statements ISSN 1445-4890 (Print) ISSN 1445-4904 (Online) Queensland Budget 2015-16 Service Delivery Statements www.budget.qld.gov.au Health Portfolio Summary of portfolio Page Health Portfolio 4 Health Consolidated 32 Department of Health - controlled Department of Health - administered 49 Queensland Ambulance Service 60 Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service 72 Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service 85 Central West Hospital and Health Service 94 Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service 106 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service 117 Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service 129 Mackay Hospital and Health Service 141 Metro North Hospital and Health Service 154 Metro South Hospital and Health Service 168 North West Hospital and Health Service 179 South West Hospital and Health Service 190 Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service 202 Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service 213 Townsville Hospital and Health Service 225 West Moreton Hospital and Health Service 236 Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service 248 The Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research 257 Queensland Mental Health Commission 263 Office of the Health Ombudsman Portfolio overview Ministerial and portfolio responsibilities The tables below represent the agencies and services which are the responsibility of the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services. The Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services The Honourable Cameron Dick MP Department of Health Director-General: Michael Walsh Service area 1: Acute Inpatient Care Service area 2: Outpatient Care Service area 3: Emergency Care Service area 4: Sub and Non-Acute Care Service area 5: Integrated Mental Health Services and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Services (community only) Service area 6: Prevention, Primary and Community Care Queensland Ambulance Service Director-General: Michael Walsh Commissioner: Russell Bowles Service area 1: Ambulance Services Objective: To provide timely and quality ambulance services which meet the needs of the Queensland community. Hospital and Health Services Objective: Hospital and Health Services are independent statutory bodies established on 1 July 2012 to provide public hospital and health services in accordance with the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, the principles and objectives of the national health system and the Queensland Government's priorities for the public health system. Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Robert Norman Chief Executive: Julie Hartley-Jones 2015-16 Queensland State Budget – Service Delivery Statements – Queensland Health 1 Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Charles Ware Chief Executive: Len Richards Central West Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Edward Warren Chief Executive: Michel Lok Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Susan Johnston Chief Executive: Fionnagh Dougan Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Michael Horan Chief Executive: Peter Bristow Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Ian Langdon Chief Executive: Ron Calvert Mackay Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Colin Meng Chief Executive: Clare Douglas Metro North Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Paul Alexander Chief Executive: Ken Whelan Metro South Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Terry White Chief Executive: Richard Ashby North West Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Paul Woodhouse Chief Executive: Sue Belsham South West Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Lindsay Godfrey Chief Executive: Glynis Schultz Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Paul Thomas Chief Executive: Kevin Hegarty Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Robert McCarthy Chief Executive: Jill Newland 2015-16 Queensland State Budget – Service Delivery Statements – Queensland Health 2 Townsville Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: John Bearne Chief Executive: Julia Squire West Moreton Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Mary Corbett Chief Executive: Sue McKee Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service Board Chair: Dominic Devine Chief Executive: Adrian Pennington The Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) Council Chair: Douglas McTaggart Director and Chief Executive Officer: Frank Gannon Objective: To enhance health by developing improved diagnostics, treatments and prevention strategies in the areas of cancer, infectious diseases, mental health and complex disorders. Queensland Mental Health Commission Commissioner: Lesley van Schoubroeck Objective: To drive ongoing reform towards a more integrated, evidence-based, recovery-oriented mental health, drug and alcohol system. Office of the Health Ombudsman Ombudsman: Leon Atkinson-MacEwen Objective: To protect the health and safety of the public, promote professional, safe and competent practice by health practitioners, promote high standards of service delivery by health service organisations, and maintain confidence in Queensland's health system by managing health complaints in a timely, fair, impartial and independent manner, while operating transparently and reporting publicly on its performance. Additional information can be sourced from: www.health.qld.gov.au www.qimrberghofer.edu.au www.qmhc.qld.gov.au www.oho.qld.gov.au 2015-16 Queensland State Budget – Service Delivery Statements – Queensland Health 3 Health overview The Queensland public healthcare system, collectively known as ‘Queensland Health,’ comprises 16 independent Hospital and Health Services (HHSs), the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), and the Department of Health. The Department of Health is responsible for managing the public health system, including purchasing services from the HHSs which are responsible for delivering public healthcare services. The key challenges and emerging pressures for Queensland’s healthcare system include population growth, ageing, the impact of technological advances on the health sector, high levels of chronic disease, mental health, health related risk behaviours, poorer health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultural barriers for people from non-English speaking backgrounds, and uncertainty around Commonwealth funding. The Government has outlined key initiatives and election commitments in its plan to strengthen the Queensland public healthcare system. These include investments in our nursing workforce, patient safety activities, mental health services, and a range of preventative health programs designed to help Queenslanders make healthy choices. OPERATING BUDGET In 2015-16, Queensland Health's operating budget will be $14.183 billion, which is an increase of $560.6 million (4.1%) from the published 2014-15 operating budget of $13.622 billion. The $14.183 billion operating budget comprises Queensland Government funding totalling $9.293 billion, Australian Government funding totalling $3.525 billion, user charges and fees totalling $1.229 billion, and $136 million in other revenue. A total of $11.580 billion (81.6% of the total budget) will be allocated through service agreements to provide public healthcare services from HHSs and other organisations including Mater Health Services and St Vincent's Health Australia. New Measures in the Budget The Government is providing an additional $2.302 billion over four years (including $202.1 million in 2015-16) to ensure that health and ambulance services keep pace with the ongoing growth in demand for services. In this Budget, the Government has also provided additional funding comprising of: • $320.3 million over four years (including $54.2 million in 2015-16) to deliver on the Government’s election commitments, which reverse the former Government’s cuts to frontline services and address priority areas of need • $361.2 million over four years (including $71.3 million in 2015-16) to tackle the significant number of people waiting longer than clinically recommended for an outpatient appointment with a specialist • $193.5 million over four years (including $47.2 million in 2015-16) to support the reconfiguration of services across the Sunshine Coast HHS region to enable the safe start-up of the new Sunshine Coast Public University Hospital (SCPUH), which is opening in November 2016. Growth Funding The increase in funding required to ensure that health and ambulance services keep pace with the ongoing growth in demand for services is known as ‘growth funding’. The growth funding that was in the forward estimates as at February 2015 was not sufficient to ensure that health and ambulance services keep pace with the ongoing growth in demand for services. In this Budget, the Government is providing additional growth funding of $2.302 billion over four years to make up the shortfall