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Queensland Primary Health Care Network

Queensland Primary Health Care Network

CheckUP is proud to continue to support the Queensland Primary Health Care Network (QPHCN) by hosting a series of events for the health sector.

Join CheckUP at our quarterly QPHCN events! These dynamic gatherings bring together healthcare professionals, industry leaders and community stakeholders to explore the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the health sector.

With engaging presentations, our events offer valuable insights and foster collaboration for improving the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders. Following each event, face-to-face attendees have the opportunity to network while enjoying light refreshments.

Save the date: National Reconciliation Week QPHCN

Topic: National Reconciliation Action Week: Bridging Now to Next

Join CheckUP during National Reconciliation Week. National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

Date: Thursday 29 May 2025
Time: Presentations 10.00am – 12.00pm AEST
Location: QAIHC level 1 Training Room, 36 Russell Street, South Brisbane

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QPHCN 2025

Don’t miss out on these informative and inspiring occasions – mark your calendars for our upcoming QPHCN events.

QPHCN 2025 Dates

Thursday 29 May– Reconciliation Week
Wednesday 27 August – Mental Health and Wellbeing
Thursday 27 November – Disability Action Week

Location

Online via webinar or in-person at:
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) training rooms, Level 1/36 Russell Street, South Brisbane

Ticket options and prices

  • CheckUP Members and Outreach Providers – Free!
  • Non-members General Admission (Face-to-face) – $50
  • Non-members Virtual Attendance – $20

 

2025 events

Thursday 3 April – Healthcare: Small Business Matters

Held on the Sunshine Coast, our first QPHCN of 2025 was held in partnership with Country to Coast PHN.

Discussing workforce solutions, funding opportunities, and the free workforce support available for small to medium healthcare businesses, and how CheckUP and Country to Coast PHN are collaborating to support workforce development, education, and training in the region.

Read about the event here.

Recording

Watch the presentation on CheckUP’s YouTube channel.

Presentations

Access CheckUP’s Workforce presentation slides.

Access Worforce Evolve’s presentation slides.

2024 events

Thursday 28 November – Disability Action Week

Held during Disability Action Week, our final QPHCN event of 2024 explored this year’s Disability Action Week theme, Accessible communication: connect, include, empower.

Thank you to all our wonderful presenters who took the time to share their personal insights and stories, reminding us all of the importance of inclusive communication.

During the event CheckUP also launched our new digital case study booklet Cases for Inclusion. Full of compelling lived experience stories from people with disability and health providers, exploring how Access for All has affected their daily lives.

Recording

View the webinar via Youtube

Cases for Inclusion

Access the digital case study booklet

Friday 30 August – Supporting your Outreach workforce

Held in Cairns our first regional QPHCN event explored the topic Supporting your Outreach workforce. During this workshop style event attendees heard from leaders in the Outreach health services space as they discussed how CheckUP can support Outreach workforces.

CheckUP also launched our new micro-credentialling program Going all OUT for Outreach. Available to both existing and new service providers contracted to deliver Outreach services through CheckUP, as well as Outreach host facilities. The program aims to ensure that health providers have the appropriate knowledge and skills to respond to the complexity of Outreach work and can confidently identify skill needs and provide upskilling to the local workforce and supervision to students.

Going all OUT for Outreach

Complete the micro-credentials here.

Presentation

Access the presentation slides here.

Thursday 30 May – National Reconciliation Week

Reconciliation was the focus of CheckUP’s QPHCN event in quarter two, held during National Reconciliation Week, the event explored how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

The event commenced with a cultural performance from the Nunukul Yuggera Aboriginal Dance Company. Attendees then heard from guest speakers on the work their organisations are undertaking in relation to reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing.

Recording

View the webinar via Youtube

Speakers

Thursday 21 March – Health Workforce Planning

Our first QPHCN event of 2024 focused on Building Stronger Communities through Health Workforce Planning and Partnerships.

Recording

View the webinar

Presentations

  • Vicky Meyer, General Manager – Workforce, CheckUP  | Download slides
  • Gregory Richards, General Manager – Policy and Research, QAIHC | Download slides
  • Vivian Mook, Workforce Development Manager – Apunipima Cape York Health Council | Download slides
  • Dr Karen Struthers, CEO and Sarai Tafa Project Coordinator – True Relationships & Reproductive Health | Download slides
  • Louise Villanova, Senior Manager and John Turrisi, Senior Lead Grow the Workforce, WorkUP Queensland | Download slides

2023 events

Thursday 28 September – Mental health and wellbeing

Our third QPHCN of 2023 focused on mental health and wellbeing. Good mental health and wellbeing is the foundation for thriving individuals, families and communities.

There were updates about programs and initiatives taking place in the sector, including Queensland Mental Health Week 2023, coordinated by CheckUP.

Recording

View the webinar via YouTube

Speaker presentations 

Additional resources

Queensland Mental Health Commission

  • Shifting minds: The Queensland Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs, and Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan 2023–2028.
  • Every life: The Queensland Suicide Prevention Plan 2019-2029.
  • Achieving balance: The Queensland Alcohol and Other Drugs Plan.

Queensland Alliance for Mental Health

Accoras

Thursday 1 June – Reconciliation

Reconciliation was the focus of CheckUP’s QPHCN event in quarter two, held during National Reconciliation Week.

The event commenced with a cultural performance from the Nunukul Yuggera Aboriginal Dance Company. Attendees then heard from guest speakers on the work their organisations are undertaking in relation to reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing.

 

Thursday 9 March – Health Workforce

The first QPHCN event for 2023 focused on skills and training to grow the future health workforce.

Presentations

  • Dr Joseph Occhino, Assistant Deputy Director-General, Workforce Strategy, Clinical Planning and Service Strategy Division, Queensland Health | Download slides
  • Giovanna Castellani, A/Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Division, Queensland Health
  • Brett Hall, A/Executive Director – Workforce Strategy, Department of Employment, Small Business and Training | Download slides
  • Sabrina Kerr, Health Gateway Schools Manager, CheckUP | Download slides
  • Vicky Meyer, Industry Workforce Advisor – Health, CheckUP | Download slides
  • Karen Lavery, Employer Liaison Officer (ELO), Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | Download slides
  • Anastasia Woolmer, Business Relationship Manager, HESTA
  • Ann Maree Liddy, CEO, CheckUP

Additional resources

Queensland Primary Health Care Network origins

Originally established as a network in 2010, the Queensland Primary Health Care Network (QPHCN) traces its roots back to late 2009 when a series of Primary Health Care Round Tables were organised to foster connections between organisations and facilitate the exchang of information concerning the national health reform agenda. As these gatherings continued, the participating organisations recognised the value of the partnerships being formed and the insightful discussions that were taking place, leading to a decision to formalise the network. Over time, the QPHCN grew to encompass a group of almost 80 state-level primary health and community care related organisations who came together with a common interest in networking, information sharing, and gaining a collective understanding of the opportunities and challenges prevalent in Queensland’s primary healthcare sector. Today, CheckUP proudly hosts quarterly events for the health sector, building upon the foundation laid by the QPHCN.