Western Victoria Primary Health Network Limited

Government Initiative that: 2.1.1 Optimise the patient journey; 2.1.2 Promote the prevention and control of illness and disease as a part of National Health Reform; 2.1.3 Achieve measurable outcomes in the community through, amongst other things, efficiently commissioning, coordinating, integrating, and where necessary, delivering optimal services and outcomes; 2.1.4 Encouraging and supporting improvements in the delivery of primary health care services to patients, including initiatives aimed toward reducing avoidable hospital admissions, improving disease prevention and management, raising patient awareness and improving access to appropriate services; 2.1.5 Improving the planning of primary health care services to identify the diverse health needs of regional, rural and remote communities, develop locally focused and responsive health services in partnership with existing agencies and address service delivery gaps; 2.1.6 Promoting primary care and the centrality of GPs for the delivery of effective integrated health management for the local community; 2.1.7 Providing support to clinicians and health service providers to improve their patient care; 2.1.8 Establishing effective collaborations to deliver more coordinated, integrated, flexible and locally responsive health services; 2.1.9 Promoting a culture of efficiency, accountability and continuous improvement in the delivery of primary health care services; 2.1.10 Seeking opportunity and funding for primary health care and distributing services tofunds in a manner that best meets the Objects; 2.1.11 Meeting the special (and localised) health needs of high risk groups (such as people from nonEnglish speaking backgrounds) or people with, or at risk of, chronic conditions, particularly where these needs are not adequately addressed by the current health system; 2.1.12 Meeting the special (and localised) health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, particularly where these needs are not adequately addressed by the current health system; 2.1.13 Support, fund, promote and aid academic research relating to the Objects