The below resources are available for children and families to assist in the recovery following any type of natural disaster:

• The Birdie’s Tree Series
• Emerging Minds Community Trauma Toolkit

See your GP if you would like to discuss your mental health. There are also a number of other resources to assist your mental wellbeing, including:

• Beyond Blue (1300 22 46 36)
• Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800)
• Life Line (13 11 14)
• headspace

Residents should:

• close windows and doors
• use fans or air conditioning on recirculating mode to keep cool
• keep medications close by if suffering a respiratory condition
• be vigilant in taking prescribed medications for existing lung conditions.

If you have a known respiratory condition such as asthma please have your regular medication at hand and see your GP if you do not feel you are adequately prepared.

Residents should call Triple Zero (000) if you are having health problems or believe your property is under threat.

For more advice on looking after your health during and after a bushfire, visit the Queensland Government website. 

Queensland Health provides a selection of disaster management fact sheets which provide advice and guidance for the general public in the event of a flood event or disaster. These are available on the Queensland Government website.

Our core functions are to:

• coordinate and integrate local health care services in collaboration with local Hospital and Health Services (HHSs) to improve quality of care, people's experience, and efficient use of resources
• commission primary care and mental health services to address population health needs and gaps in service delivery and to improve access and equity
• capacity-build and provide practice support to primary care and mental health providers to support quality care delivery.

We do this through:

• purposeful engagement with our stakeholders and local communities
• working in collaborative partnerships 
• building capacity and capability of primary healthcare provider workforce
• using innovation and new ideas to achieve outcomes
• embracing and utilising technology
• being strategic and transparent in our commissioning activities 
• using data and evidence to make decisions and improvements.

Our priority areas include Population Health Priorities, Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs, GPs and other Primary Care Professionals, First Nations Health, and System Integration. 

The NQPHN region is home to approximately 700,000 people, and extends from St Lawrence in the south coast, up to the Torres Strait in the north, and west to Croydon and Kowanyama.

We have over 90 staff operating across three offices in Cairns (Gimuy-Walubura Yidinji and Djabugay Nation country), Townsville (Bindal and Wulgurukaba country), and Mackay (Yuwibara country).  

We are one of 31 regionalised and independent PHNs established nationally by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. Find out more about the PHN program on the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care website.

This Values-Behaviour Blueprint provides a summary of NQPHN’s Values-Behaviour Charter. The Charter represents a shared commitment from all staff to improving the future ways of working at NQPHN. The purpose of this charter is to outline the behaviours and actions expected of leaders and staff across NQPHN. 

View NQPHN job vacancies and apply, here.

An additional benefit of working for NQPHN is that we offer salary packaging solutions (also known as salary sacrifice).

You can contribute a sum of money from your pre-tax salary each Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) year, which is 1 April to 31 March. This can be used for everyday expenses such as mortgage, bills, loan, credit card repayments, shopping, groceries and even petrol.

NQPHN chooses to salary package through Eziway.

View NQPHN's organisational chart, here.