Improving health outcomes across northern Queensland
NQPHN is an independent, not-for-profit organisation funded by the Australian Government to commission primary health care services across northern Queensland.
Our vision is to shape a healthy future for all northern Queenslanders
Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) works to improve health outcomes by connecting care, supporting primary health providers, and commissioning services where they’re needed most.
We support over 700,000 people across the Torres and Cape, Cairns, Townsville, and Mackay regions.
Our core functions are
Commissioning
Commissioning targeted services that respond to local health challenges and opportunities.
Capacity building
Strengthening the primary healthcare workforce and supporting innovation, data and quality improvement, business sustainability, and reform.
Coordinating
Coordinating and connecting care across the system to improve access as well as patient and provider experiences.
Our priorities are health equity healthy system healthy workforce healthy intelligence healthy organisation healthy communities
In northern Queensland, we have:
We have over 90 staff operating
across three offices in:

Cairns
Gimuy-Walubura Yidinji and
Djabugay Nation country
Townsville
Bindal and Wulgurukaba country
Mackay
Yuwibara country
Our region, our people
Meet the faces of North Queensland. The Our region, our people good news stories highlight service providers and service users of NQPHN-funded programs.