Theme Four – Community health and wellbeing Strategic Outcome 4 – A City of people leading healthy and happy lives Objective Strategy Focus - Year 1 Focus - Year 2 Focus - Year 3 Focus – Year 4 Advocacy Level Status Comments 4.1 Collaborate for an 4.1.3 Plan, attract and advocate for primary [MPHWP ACTION PLAN Long term, Continued Promotion of integrated and health care and allied health service providers, - Develop a General wide, with state planning aligned health service aligned with evidence of need Hospital and health service government to findings. Health Infrastructure planning to identify solutions to MPHWP Objective 2.1.1 - Plan, attract and Advocacy Plan future priorities. Also, advocate for health services that respond Engagement)] areas of promoting to the growing needs of the community, need and possible findings to especially those who are vulnerable> delivery models. the private and MPHWP Objective 4.4.4 - Advocate on community sectors. of Alcohol and Drug services and the community for additional funding to meet the growing demand for Alcohol and Drug harm minimisation interventions> 4.1.5 Advocate to government for the Continued involvement Currently, Identification of of a purpose built Community Health in the Melton action via short, medium and Centre, a Day Hospital/Day Procedure facility Health Working the Melton long term and 24-hour General Public Hospital and Group. Continued Community health issues services in the Melton Township. for Civic expansion Health Working and interventions and redevelopment. Group. required, given the expense, Leverage Advisory As directed by As directed by Committee to identify, Council and Council and and time recommend and deliver Committee, Committee frames at play in advocacy strategies for in the context of the establishment delivery of Hospital the broader of a general 24hr Health & hospital Welfare Report recommendations 4.2 Address health 4.2.1 Collaborate to deliver targeted health Support Aboriginal Undertake Support advocacy in our community initiatives to address health inequalities. Men’s Shed project. wide for an Aboriginal services Services Hub. [MPHWP ACTION PLAN MPHWP Objective 3.3 - Address health Advocate - Advocate to inequalities in our community> of need to state of the need to MPHWP Objective 2.6.2 - Advocate to and federal support increased community service organisations that Support health services in the can coordinate service options for resident service planning to City.] settlement and integration support> inform proposal for MPHWP Objective 2.5.3 - Work in
Theme Four – Community health and wellbeing Strategic Outcome 4 – A City of people leading healthy and happy lives Objective Strategy Focus - Year 1 Focus - Year 2 Focus - Year 3 Focus – Year 4 Advocacy Level Status Comments 4.1 Collaborate for an integrated and aligned health service 4.1.3 Plan, attract and advocate for primary health care and allied health service providers, aligned with evidence of need MPHWP Objective 2.1.1 - Plan, attract and advocate for health services that respond to the growing needs of the community, especially those who are vulnerable> MPHWP Objective 4.4.4 - Advocate on of Alcohol and Drug services and the community for additional funding to meet the growing demand for Alcohol and Drug harm minimisation interventions> [MPHWP ACTION PLAN - Develop a General Hospital and Health Infrastructure Advocacy Plan Engagement)] Long term, wide, health service planning to future areas of need and possible delivery models. Continued with state government to identify solutions to priorities. Also, promoting findings to the private and community sectors. Promotion of planning findings. 4.1.5 Advocate to government for the of a purpose built Community Health Centre, a Day Hospital/Day Procedure facility and 24-hour General Public Hospital and services in the Melton Township. Continued involvement in the Melton Health Working Group. Continued for Civic expansion and redevelopment. Leverage Advisory Committee to identify, recommend and deliver advocacy strategies for delivery of Hospital As directed by Council and Committee Currently, action via the Melton Community Health Working Group. As directed by Council and Committee, in the context of the broader Health & Welfare Report recommendations Identification of short, medium and long term health issues and interventions required, given the expense, and time frames at play in the establishment of a general 24hr hospital 4.2 Address health in our community 4.2.1 Collaborate to deliver targeted health initiatives to address health inequalities. MPHWP Objective 3.3 - Address health inequalities in our community> MPHWP Objective 2.6.2 - Advocate to community service organisations that can coordinate service options for resident settlement and integration support> MPHWP Objective 2.5.3 - Work in Support Aboriginal Men’s Shed project. [MPHWP ACTION PLAN - Advocate to of the need to support increased health services in the City.] Undertake wide services Advocate of need to state and federal Support service planning to inform proposal for Support advocacy for an Aboriginal Services Hub.
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