Refugee Health Partnership Advisory Group Qld
The Refugee Health Partnership Advisory Group Queensland (RH PAGQ) was established in 2017 along with the Refugee Health Network Qld, funded by Queensland Health.
Key stakeholders come together to identify needs and to develop a strategic response that meets the health needs of refugees and asylum seekers settling in Queensland and progress the actions in the Refugee Health and Wellbeing Policy and Action Plan (2022-2027)
The chair of RH PAGQ is currently Lisa Ward from Ethnic Communities Qld (ECCQ) and Deputy Chair is the Director of Mater Refugee and Multicultural Health
Refugee Health Partnership Advisory Group Terms of Reference (2025)
Current Member Organisations
- Settlement Services International (SSI) – Formerly ACCESS Community Services
- Australian Red Cross
- Amparo
- Brisbane North PHN
- Brisbane South PHN
- Cairns and Hinterlands Hospital and Health Service
- Centacare Multicultural Services Cairns
- Children’s Health Qld Hospital and Health Service
- Communify
- Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
- Darling Downs West Moreton PHN
- Department of Home Affairs (DoHA)
- Multicultural Affairs Queensland
- Ethnic Communities Council Queensland (ECCQ)
- Gold Coast Health Service
- Gold Coast PHN
- Mater Refugee Health
- Metro North Hospital and Health Service
- Metro South Hospital and Health Service
- Multicultural Australia
- Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast (MCCGC)
- Northern Australia Primary Health Ltd
- Northern Queensland PHN
- Pharmacy Guild (Qld Branch)
- Queensland Health – Strategy, Policy and Planning Division
- Queensland Health : Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch
- Queensland Health: Communicable Diseases Branch
- Queensland Health: Office of the Chief Dental Officer
- Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT)
- Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre
- Townsville Hospital and Health Service
- Townsville Multicultural Support Group Inc.
- West Moreton Health
For more information about RH PAGQ, contact the Network or download the Refugee Health Partnership Advisory Group Terms of Reference (2025)
Summaries from previous RH-PAGQ Meetings
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