Physical health

Maintaining your physical health and wellbeing is important for everyone. Information and services are available to help you get the care you need and stay healthy.

Health and personal care

• Staying healthy—we have a wide range of information to help Queenslanders stay healthy. Topics include alcohol, smoking, drugs, diet and nutrition, fitness and exercise, community programs, oral health, skin cancer, sexual health, men’s and women’s health, environmental health, and herbal medicine.
• Sport and recreation—there are a range of sport and recreation options designed to suit many different interests and needs.

Medical and disability concessions

• Medical aids and equipment
• Dental optical and hearing services
• Electricity life support
• Medical Cooling and Heating Electricity Concession Scheme
• Deaf Services Queensland Smoke Alarm Subsidy Scheme
• Subsidies, concessions and passes

Healthcare services, hospitals, doctors and specialists

• Julian’s Key Health Passport is a tool to improve your care while in hospital by sharing important and useful information about you as decided by you.
• Ryan’s Rule is a three-step process to support patients of any age, their families and carers, to raise concerns if a patient’s health condition is getting worse or not improving as well as expected.
• Queensland hospitals and health services.