Matthew Shoesmith

Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and norther New South Wales. Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people delivers responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital; Jacaranda Place; Ellen Barron Family Centre; Child and Youth Community Health Service; Child and Youth Mental Health Service; and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services. Through our Centre for Children's Health Research in South Brisbane, we host world-leading research in the prevention and early detection of serious childhood illness and injury, lifesaving treatments, and building sustainable person-centred healthcare systems. As the only statewide health and hospital service in Queensland, we strive to deliver, enable and partner in clinically excellent paediatric care and is relentless in its pursuit to achieve equity of outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. Our vision Leading life-changing care for children and young people - for a healthier tomorrow. Our purpose To offer the best: safe, expert, accessible child and family-centred care for children and young people.