South West Healthcare
South West Healthcare’s (SWH) vision is to provide outstanding healthcare in partnership with its regional community with a mission to provide a comprehensive range of high quality health and wellbeing services for people in South West Victoria. SWH serves a community of 110,000 people and employs 1351 across the 149 services it provides. SWH consists of 2 public hospitals, a mental health services division, an aged care facility and 5 community health centres. SWH’s local economy benefits to the tune of approximately $103 million per year. In 2015-16 SWH had 18,526 inpatients and 26,732 Emergency Department patients/presentations. SWH achieved an operating surplus of $598,000 during 2015-16 …show more content…
Partnering with our community: maximise fundraising opportunities to generate $250k+ each year to purchase medical equipment
2. Driving a quality and safety culture: Financially supporting the develop of contemporary, robust and evidence based models of care across all services with a focus on risk management improvement
3. Delivering efficient services and infrastructure: Develop minimum surplus of 0.5% of total revenue each year and secure government commitment to facilitate developments/redevelopments:
a. Stage 2 Warrnambool base hospital
b. Camperdown Hospital
c. Prevention and recovery Centre
d. Community Health facilities
4. Developing a high performing workforce: Financially supporting professional development opportunities aimed at improving service delivery and health outcomes
5. Encouraging service innovation: Secure $500k+ of external grants each year to fund new ideas, equipment and/or products and …show more content…
Clinical services: to be innovative and flexible in order to deliver responsive, person centred care that meats community expectations
2. Organisational Management: ensure a robust governance framework that incorporates financial and resource management strategy to ensure accountability for and sustainability of service delivery to meet community needs
a. Work closely with appropriate government departments to incorporate funding initiatives and opportunities
3. Facilities and Environment: develop facilities that are accessible, meet needs of community, optimise health outcomes, provide safe workplace and have low carbon foot print.
4. Quality, Safety and Innovation: Provision of high quality, safe and progressive healthcare for patients
5. People, Learning and research: ongoing development of NHW as a dynamic and capable organisation that ensures the provision of optimal, quality health care for our community
6. Community and Partnerships: work with our partners and the community is critical to developing community support and ensuring an integrated service network across the region. $350,000 fundraising project.
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