Health Services When You Need Them
17 Feb 2026 1:12 PMMark Boothman
We’re delivering on our commitment to make it easier to access health services when you need them, with experienced paramedics set to be able to work in remote hospitals and health services from April
In an Australian-first, a new Queensland Health paramedic role will be introduced, allowing paramedics to deliver care in Queensland Health’s hospitals and health services across our State’s most remote communities.
When Remote Hospitals Paramedics are not responding to emergencies in the community, they will be able to work collaboratively alongside doctors, nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers to deliver more care in more places.
The nation-leading initiative responds directly to findings from the Crisafulli Government’s Workforce Gap Analysis, which highlighted the depth of the health workforce crisis inherited after a decade of neglect under Labor.
