The Winter Strategy is a joint project bringing together the LHD, North Coast Primary Health Network (NCPHN) and General Practice to better respond to the surge in healthcare demand over winter.
The Winter Strategy aims to support people with long term conditions to stay well and safely at home during winter. The emphasis is on:
- Priority access to General Practice
- Active engagement with patients and early intervention when health deteriorates
- Increased self-management through Sick Day Action Planning and other health coaching
- Integrated and collaborative strategies with Local Health District Chronic Disease Management teams and hospital services
The Winter Strategy ran for the first time in 2017. Please see the Winter Strategy 2017 Interim Report for more information about Winter Strategy in 2017.
The Winter Strategy is running again in 2018, incorporating feedback from 2017 and a co-design workshop in February 2018. Please visit the Program Overview page for details about Winter Strategy 2018 program and events.
Program Overview
Winter Strategy 2018 is the second iteration of the Winter Strategy. It brings together General Practice, the NNSW Local Health District and NCPHN to improve support for people with long term conditions to stay well and safely at home during winter.
In the Winter Strategy the NCPHN and NNSW LHD want to support general practice teams to lead heightened quality and intensity of care, for a group of patients that clinicians think are at high risk of being unstable, or very unwell or admitted to hospital during the 2018 flu season.
The program rolls out in four phases from March to October in 2018.
Phase 1: Practice Preparation and Enrolment
Phase 2: Patient Registration and Care Planning
Phase 3: Service Delivery, and
Phase 4: Review Evaluation and lessons for 2019
Please download the four page Program Overview (PDF) or see below for more information about tasks and timelines in each phase. You can also download a colour A3 Program Calendar (PDF) as a reference guide to key dates and tasks.