{"id":1616,"date":"2025-12-02T18:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.20.21.142\/wordpress\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:32:53","slug":"health-workforce-policy-in-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/health-workforce-policy-in-queensland\/","title":{"rendered":"Health workforce policy in Queensland: mapping the state government landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:90px;--awb-padding-top-medium:80px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"483\" title=\"ah25134_f1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27806%27%20height%3D%27483%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20806%20483%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27806%27%20height%3D%27483%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ah25134_f1.gif\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-1617\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:50px;--awb-padding-right:50px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-padding-left:50px;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-border-bottom:8px;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:25px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;letter-spacing:0px;font-size:1em;--fontSize:25;line-height:1.3;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-weight: 400;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Open Sans\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\">Summary<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"color: var(--awb-color8);\">The paper provides the first systematic mapping of Queensland\u2019s health workforce (HWF) policy documents, drawing on 275 policies retrieved from publicly available databases. We identified critical patterns in policy distribution, including profession-based siloing, dominance of employment-focused policy, and limited emphasis on system-level strategic planning. The paper offers a novel contribution to the health workforce literature in Australia by documenting not only the volume of policy activity but also the misalignment between policy types and strategic health system needs.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><i><span style=\"color: var(--awb-color8);\">Topp SM, Nguyen T, Elliott LM. (2025) Health workforce policy in Queensland: mapping the state government landscape. Australian Health Review 49, AH25134.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1071\/AH25134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1071\/AH25134&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764736092199000&amp;usg=AOvVaw089WssYmxmMy3XEShi-sEo\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1071\/<wbr>AH25134<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sharing-box fusion-sharing-box-1 boxed-icons has-taglines layout-floated layout-medium-floated layout-small-floated\" style=\"background-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-layout:row;--awb-alignment-small:space-between;\" data-title=\"Health workforce policy in Queensland: mapping the state government landscape\" data-description=\"Summary The paper provides the first systematic mapping of Queensland\u2019s health workforce (HWF) policy documents, drawing on 275 policies retrieved from publicly available databases. We identified critical patterns in policy distribution, including profession-based siloing, dominance of employment-focused policy, and limited emphasis on system-level\" data-link=\"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/health-workforce-policy-in-queensland\/\"><h4 class=\"tagline\" style=\"color:var(--awb-color5);\">Share this post<\/h4><div class=\"fusion-social-networks sharingbox-shortcode-icon-wrapper sharingbox-shortcode-icon-wrapper-1 boxed-icons\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fhwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F12%2F02%2Fhealth-workforce-policy-in-queensland%2F&amp;t=Health%20workforce%20policy%20in%20Queensland%3A%20mapping%20the%20state%20government%20landscape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Facebook\" aria-label=\"Facebook\" data-placement=\"top\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-title=\"Facebook\"><i class=\"fusion-social-network-icon fusion-tooltip fusion-facebook awb-icon-facebook\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#3b5998;border-color:#3b5998;border-radius:0px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/post?text=Health%20workforce%20policy%20in%20Queensland%3A%20mapping%20the%20state%20government%20landscape&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fhwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F12%2F02%2Fhealth-workforce-policy-in-queensland%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"X\" aria-label=\"X\" data-placement=\"top\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-title=\"X\"><i class=\"fusion-social-network-icon fusion-tooltip fusion-twitter awb-icon-twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#000000;border-color:#000000;border-radius:0px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fhwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F12%2F02%2Fhealth-workforce-policy-in-queensland%2F&amp;title=Health%20workforce%20policy%20in%20Queensland%3A%20mapping%20the%20state%20government%20landscape&amp;summary=Summary%20The%20paper%20provides%20the%20first%20systematic%20mapping%20of%20Queensland%E2%80%99s%20health%20workforce%20%28HWF%29%20policy%20documents%2C%20drawing%20on%20275%20policies%20retrieved%20from%20publicly%20available%20databases.%20We%20identified%20critical%20patterns%20in%20policy%20distribution%2C%20including%20profession-based%20siloing%2C%20dominance%20of%20employment-focused%20policy%2C%20and%20limited%20emphasis%20on%20system-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"LinkedIn\" data-placement=\"top\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-title=\"LinkedIn\"><i class=\"fusion-social-network-icon fusion-tooltip fusion-linkedin awb-icon-linkedin\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#0077b5;border-color:#0077b5;border-radius:0px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1684,"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions\/1684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}