Health and Wellbeing Queensland was established on 1 July 2019, as an independent statutory body within the portfolio of the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services to improve the health and wellbeing of the Queensland population.
The Health and Wellbeing Act 2019 is the governing legislation for Health and Wellbeing Queensland and identifies the main functions to be:
- to facilitate and commission activities to prevent illness and promote health and wellbeing;
- to develop partnerships and collaborate with other entities to further its objective or carry out its functions under the act;
- to give grants for activities to further its objective or carry out its functions under the act;
- to monitor and evaluate activities to prevent illness and promote health and wellbeing;
- to develop policy and advise the Minister and government entities about preventing illness and promoting health and wellbeing;
- to coordinate the exchange of information about activities to prevent illness and promote health and wellbeing.