Access to high quality, timely and affordable health care no matter where you live is a basic human right. Queensland’s world-class health system is under increasing pressure from various factors and this is preventing many patients from receiving the care they need, when and where they need it.
AMA Queensland has been championing certain priority areas for reform and investment to improve health access and equity for all Queenslanders for some time.
We have released our Budget Submission 2025-26 detailing these priorities and urge the newly elected LNP Government to invest in them. The returns to our health system and the wellbeing of every Queenslander will be reaped both now and in the years to come.
The priority areas are:
PRIORITY 1 Workforce
PRIORITY 2 Training pathways
PRIORITY 3 Leadership
PRIORITY 4 Wellbeing
PRIORITY 5 Surgical Wait List Roundtable Action Plan
PRIORITY 6 Primary-tertiary integration
PRIORITY 7 Payroll tax
PRIORITY 8 Prevention
PRIORITY 9 Collaborative, evidence-based practice
PRIORITY 10 Digital integration
PRIORITY 11 Mental health
PRIORITY 12 Substance related harm
PRIORITY 13 First Nations health
PRIORITY 14 Women's health
PRIORITY 15 LGBTQIASB+ community
PRIORITY 16 Aged and end-of-life care
PRIORITY 17 Climate and sustainability
AMA Queensland urges Treasury to consider funding all 17 priority areas in the pending Queensland Budget 2025-26. Details concerning each priority and their importance to the health of every Queenslander are set out further in our Budget Submission 2025-26 document.