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Committee Report

The Committee tabled its Report No. 21, 55th Parliament - Inquiry into the establishment of a Queensland Health Promotion Commission. The Minister is required under section 107 of the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 to provide a response to the recommendations made in the report by 30 September 2016. 

View: Report No. 21, 55th Parliament - Inquiry into the establishment of a Queensland Health Promotion Commission 

Inquiry timeline

Submissions closed:     27 November 2015 - see "view submissions" tab above
Public briefing:             Wednesday 20 April 2016 - transcript
Public hearing:              Wednesday 25 May 2016 - transcript

Referral

On 16 September 2015 the House referred an inquiry into the establishment of a Queensland Health Promotion Commission to the Health and Ambulance Services Committee for consideration.

Terms of Reference

The terms of reference for the inquiry are:

1. That the Health and Ambulance Services Committee inquire into and report to the Legislative Assembly, by 12 May 2016, on:
   1. the potential role, scope and strategic directions of a Queensland Health Promotion Commission,
   2. the effectiveness of collaborative, whole-of-government, and systems approaches for improving and sustaining health and wellbeing, including: 
      i.    models used in other jurisdictions (including specific agencies or
            whole-of-government policy frameworks); and 
      ii.   population-based strategies, other than personal interventions delivered by telephone or ICT.
2. That, in undertaking the inquiry, the committee should consider:
   1. approaches to addressing the social determinants of health;
   2. population groups disproportionately affected by chronic disease;
   3. economic and social benefits of strategies to improve health and wellbeing;
   4. emerging approaches and strategies that show significant potential;
   5. ways of partnering across government and with industry and community including collaborative funding, evaluation and research; and
   6. ways of reducing fragmentation in health promotion efforts and increasing shared responsibility across sectors.