Luke Worth, an Icon of Change in Australia

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Icons of Change International Awards 2026  Luke Worth General Manager, Mater Hospital Brisbane  Former Acting Executive Group Manager (Population Health), ACT Government Health and Community Services  Former Acting Executive Director, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) Former Service Group Director (Surgical Services Group), Townsville Hospital and Health Service  Former Executive Director Strategy, Performance and Governance, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service  Former Executive Director (Ipswich Hospital), West Moreton Hospital and Health Service  Former Executive Director (Performance, Innovation and Implementation), Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Former Executive Director (Organisational Development, Strategy and Implementation), Metro North Hospital and Health Service  Former Director (System Relationships and Director Whole Hospital Program), NSW Health  Former Operations Executive (Wide Bay Health Service District), Queensland Health Former Acting Operations Director and Director of Change, Capital & Coast District Health Board  Former Senior Director (Statewide Health Services), Clinical and Statewide Services Queensland Former Operations Director (Institute of Rural Health), Townsville Health Services District - Queensland Health  Former Executive Change Manager/Senior Public Affairs Officer, Townsville Health Service District - Queensland Health   Chair (Kidney Supportive Care Steering Committee), Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Chair (RBWH Consumer and Community Engagement Committee), Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital RBWH Choosing Wisely Governance Committee Member  Theme Leaders Group for Evidence and Innovation in Clinical Care. BDHP (Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners Board)  Queensland Statewide Integrated Referal Management Solution Program Board Member   SDG Focus: Sustainable Development Goal 3 – Good Health and Well-Being Changemaker for Public Health System Transformation, Digital Innovation, and Equitable Care (Australia)  Luke Worth is a senior health executive with more than 25 years of experience leading large-scale transformation across public health systems in Australia and New Zealand. His career reflects a consistent mandate: strengthen health system performance while keeping communities, clinicians, and patients at the centre of decision-making.  At the core of Luke’s impact is SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being. Across metropolitan, regional, and remote health settings, he has driven statewide reforms, operational turnarounds, and digital health transitions that improved patient outcomes, reduced system bottlenecks, and delivered sustainable, value-based care. His leadership spans more than 25 hospitals and health networks, from major tertiary referral centres to rural and remote communities—each requiring nuanced, context-specific solutions.

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00:00Hi everyone from beautiful Brisbane, Australia. Thanks to the Icons of Change

00:05for acknowledging I guess the efforts that many of us have made in very

00:12different environments over the number of years and for myself it's

00:18been an interesting journey, one of self-learning, self-reflecting and

00:22spending a lot of time working with a huge range of professionals across the

00:28health system here in Australia and New Zealand. I'm really really chuffed to be

00:33acknowledged this way and just want to thank you all for taking the time to

00:38promote the importance of change, the way that we can do that together and the way

00:43that we can make a difference bringing groups of people together who have maybe

00:49a different way of thinking about solutions and understanding how to

00:54problem-solve with different perspectives. So it's a real honour for me. Thank you

00:59once again to the Icons of Change for everybody out there who's making a

01:04difference. Keep up the great work and take care.

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