Primary Health Reform and Integrated Planning

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Primary Health Reform and Integrated Planning
Integrating Health in Local Government 16
October 2003 Tracey Slatter A/Director Primary
Community Health
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Achievements to date

• In 2003, 80 of PCPs report moderate to major
  improvement in planning coordination
• In 2003, 2/3 of agencies using service
  coordination tools (up from 1/3 in 2002)
• of agencies reporting improved access to
  services has doubled
• More than 800 agencies and 10,000 consumers
  participating in integrated health promotion
  programs

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Local Government and the PCP Strategy

• Benefits for local government
• Involvement in a wide range of issues
• Recognition of expertise in planning
• Improved intake and referral processes
• Benefits for PCP Member Agencies
• Access to local government networks
• Links to non-health agencies
• Whole of community focus

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Relationship between MPHPs and CHPs

• MPHPs have a more strategic focus while CHPs are
  more operational
• Both share a common aim to focus planning on
  local areas
• Both aim to empower local communities to work
  together on key health and well being issues
• Information Resource

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Other planning processes

• Community Mental Health Plans
• GP Division Strategic Plans
• Municipal Early Years plans
• Primary Care and Population Health Advisory
  Committees

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The Way Forward

• PCP Future Directions paper to be published
• Acknowledges the need for further refinements
• Planning not an end in itself
• Suggests CHPs move to a 3 year cycle to match
  MPHPs
• Proposes further DHS support eg templates, common
  data sets

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Some key questions

• Scope of 3 year plans
• Nature of DHS support
• Greater consistency between MPHPs and CHPs
• Link with GP Division Strategic Plans

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Some key questions (cont)

• Link with Primary Care and Population Health
  Advisory Committees
• Link with Rural Health Services
• Regional or sub-regional planning?
• How to engage key agency and DHS staff in
  preparing and implementing plans