The Blueprint for the Bush is set for an overhaul when the Queensland Government and Blueprint partner AgForce meet to thrash out ways to refine and refocus this planning initiative for rural and regional Queensland.

AgForce president John Cotter said it was now time to expand the Bluepring's successes into the bigger picture, which would be the aim of the Future Priorities for the Bush forum at Charters Towers on Friday and Saturday October 10-11.

"We envisage that the Blueprint for the Bush, in conjunction with all partners and government, can achieve effective engagement for rural communities to provide strategic outcomes for the bush – and we aim to develop a road-map for how to make that happen," Mr Cotter said.

"This is where the newly formed regional councils have a crucial role to play because they represent such a major part of rural communities.

"There have been good Blueprint projects that have aided communities as envisaged under the Blueprint such as funding for the upgrade of Emerald airport, a bus for Thargomindah to facilitate health appointments in other regional areas and money to upgrade the tourist facilities in Blackall.

"However, what we need to do now is identify how the Blueprint can be utilised to provide a framework for looking strategically, at a state level, at some of the broader problems and working collectively with government, communities, industry bodies, lobby groups and others to provide effective solutions – based more often than not on alternative service delivery models.

"For example, while we understand the necessity to have some rules and frameworks for staffing budgets in large agencies like health and education, urban delivery models are too restrictive in the bush and exploring appropriate alternative models for service delivery is paramount.

"Health is a key issue recently identified at the Rural Women’s Symposium as a major concern; services such as flying medicos or ‘hubs of medical practitioners’ may be the best solution rather than trying to recruit medical professional to live in far-flung communities."

Mr Cotter said the challenge for the Premier was to ensure agencies provide a cohesive approach to problem solving and that departments better co-ordinate finite resources.