Nominations were called for the inaugural NNSWLHD Allied Health Awards towards the end of 2021. NNSWLHD staff were invited to nominate an Allied Health colleague who had excelled in any of the following 6 categories: Allied Health Professional of the Year Aboriginal Allied Health Professional of the Year Early Career Allied Health Professional of the
Newly appointed Integrated Care Manager, Debbie Banovic is one of a few new faces to join the team this year. Read below to learn more about Debbie. Joining Debbie and the teams working together within the Integrated Care & Allied Services Directorate in 2021 are new staff below: Judith Thomas, Cardiac & Chronic Care Program
Vicki Rose is the NNSWLHD Director for Integrated Care and Allied Health Services. “As the year wraps up it is time for me and the staff in my directorate to reflect on the year that was. 2021 for al of us was dominated by the ever-evolving COVID19 pandemic. From constant monitoring of updates to the
Here we see Grant Tweedie, Aboriginal Health Worker for Lismore, NNSWLHD taking a selfie while he is “Hot-Desking” on the front verandah of Box Ridge Aboriginal Medical Service where he regularly attends to provide clinical support. Talk about adaptable, integrated care in action, nice work Grant! Readers may note the lack of actual desk, this
Leading Better Value Care (LBVC) has been identifying and implementing opportunities for delivering value based care to the people of Northern NSW since March 2017. Staff involved in the 8 initiatives of Tranche 1 have successfully used the Centre for Healthcare Redesign methodology to achieve exemplary improvements in the way the LHD delivers care. Along the way,
In May, the Patient Reported Measures (PRMs) team commenced with a planning day held in Ballina. There are 2 main types of PRMs that will be used across the LHD; Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs). PROMs (outcomes) capture patients’ perspectives about how illness or care impacts on their health
Over the last two years, NNSWLHD and the North Coast Primary Health Network via their Integrated Care partnership, have been running a Shared Care Planning tool project with support from eHealth NSW and the NSW Ministry of Health. The ‘proof of concept’ project led by Tim Marsh, Integrated Care, NNSWLHD had a set timeframe of
The Mid and North Coast HealthPathways Team reached a major milestone in April celebrating online publication of 500 localised HealthPathways. This is a great achievement for the team of 8 who work remotely across the North Coast including Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie. HealthPathways team members, management and staff congregated after a recent Workgroup meeting
NNSW LHD staff are being encouraged to identify suitable patients, health consumers and carers to join new local advisory groups which are being established across the district. The LHD has recently launched a new community engagement framework focused on increasing community participation in the health service. The new framework, approved by the Board in May,
The Northern NSW Compassionate Communities group, lead by Anna Law, End of Life Care Project Lead for the LHD planned a stall in Ballina to help the community consider their future medical care and understand the importance of advance care planning. The stall was set up in Ballina Fair in April as part of National