Medicare Locals & Community Services
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Medicare Locals & Community Services
Presentation outline• National Health reform –
where it all began
• What do Medicare Locals do?
• Needs Assessment and Annual Plan – one way we can work together
Where it all began…• National health reform agreement
• Aug 2011 COAG
• Two networks – Medicare Locals and Local Hospital Networks
• In Queensland• Hospital and Health Service (HHS) – 16 regions and
Childrens’• Medicare Locals – 11 across Queensland
The problem: our complex health system
Source: Parliament of Australia website
What are Medicare Locals?
• Independent companies limited by guarantee
• Reorient the health system to primary health care
• Regional Primary Health Care Organisations:
• Increasing access to primary health care – identifying gaps
• Coordinating health services (primary and with tertiary)• Population health planning and community engagement
MLs: Current status and models• 61 all established
• Delivery Models vary
• Membership models vary:• Mainly hybrid individual and
organisational
• Boards – best practice governance • Appointed against a skills matrix – no
single profession dominance rule
ML Strategic Objectives1. Identify population health service needs
and develop services
2. Integrate and co-ordinate services for the community
3. Support clinicians and service providers
4. Good performance (of initiatives and program delivery)
5. Efficient, accountable & effective governance
What we all have in common?•Each year we must produce an Annual Plan
•This must be based on a documented Needs Assessment
•The Needs Assessment must demonstrate community consultation and engagement
Thank you