CHIC Initiative
Wide Bay Fraser Coast Partnership Council
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Overview
The Wide Bay Fraser Coast Partnership Council was established from the Connecting Healthcare in Communities (CHIC) Initiative in November 2008
Wide Bay and Fraser Coast Partnership Council is a collaborative, communicative and responsive group for primary health care initiatives in that area. Members work together to drive, inform and oversee the collaborative development, implementation and review of commonly agreed primary health care service integration objectives and activities.
Objectives
- Identify areas of interest for collaboration that reflect existing health service provider and community health issues
- In accordance with the:
- Connecting Healthcare in Communities (CHIC) Initiative 2006-2011 Guidelines, support local collaborations that enhance service coordination and delivery
- Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease 2005-2015, support local collaborations that reduce the negative impact of targeted chronic diseases
- Develop and implement agreed implementation plan (Appendix A) around areas of interest
- Identify barriers and develop solutions for successful outcomes
- Inform and obtain feedback from other stakeholders about relevant activities
- Regularly review areas of interest identified to maintain the relevance and usefulness of discussions
The Wide Bay and Fraser Coast Partnership Council base membership is drawn from executive level positions within four leading agencies:
- Wide Bay and Fraser Coast Health Service District,
- Wide Bay Division of General Practice,
- Bundaberg & Burnett Region Community Development Aboriginal Corporation
- Combined Health Agency Groups,
Including
- Representation by other interested local health providers
- Other people may be invited to provide expert advice to the Partnership Council, as required
Membership of the Wide Bay Fraser Coast Partnership Council may evolve depending on the focus/strategy programs.
Initiatives
The Wide Bay Fraser Coast Partnership Council held a workshop on 15th August 2008 to evaluate eight project proposals to make recommendation of which project proposal(s) will be submitted to Queensland Health Central Area Health for endorsement.
The following projects were recommended and supported by the Wide Bay Fraser Coast Partnership Council:
· COPD/Cardiac Patient Centred Care Coordinator - an integrated and collaborative project involving the public hospital and community agencies to address patients with cardiac and COPD issues that have a high volume of unplanned and frequent re- presentations to hospital.
· Bridges Outreach Service - Minimise the harm (including mental illness, intentional self harm, suicide and chronic disease) caused and/or affected by drug and alcohol misuse in Bundaberg.
· Telehealth – The provision of Telehealth machines to facilitate access to the health services to the rural communities using a different medium other than face to face visitation
· Improve workforce capacity and patient access by increasing the number of Diabetes Educators - to develop a model that will support nurses to be upskilled in diabetes education.
Additionally, the following activities being undertaken by the Wide Bay Fraser Coast Partnership council include:
· A Local Initiatives Mapping exercise is being undertaken to identify areas of interest for collaboration that reflect existing health service provider and community health issues.
· A Wide Bay Fraser Coast Partnership Council Community Newsletter is being developed to improve communicating Partnership Council activities to local agencies within the region for publication early 2009.
· A Wide Bay Fraser Coast Needs Assessment will be undertaken to develop a resource that all agencies can access that provides evidence about the health status of our region. The resource will be beneficial in supporting funding proposals, targeted service planning and resource allocation. This will also provide an opportunity for cross-sectoral partnership. The WBFC PC will be involving Universities, OESR to source data and a consultant to conduct / develop the resource.
Links
Connecting Health Care in Communities Primary Health Care Partnership Councils
To find out more about the CHIC Initative, please contact Cyleece Feher via email or phone on 07 4151 0814.
