Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

| Department of Defence |
Table 7.1 Military Health Support Programme Output for FY 2008/9
| Programme 5: Military Health Support |
Output
Performance
Measure
Mobile Military Health Support Capability
Combat-Ready
Medical Elements
Area Military Health Service
Geographic
Military Health
Service Capability
Number of
units 21 prepared
according to Force
requirements
Number of units
providing Military
Health Service in
accordance with
client requirements
Annual Target
One conventional
medical battalion
group
One specialist
battalion group
Three Reserve
medical battalion
groups
Actual Target
Achievement
One conventional
medical battalion group
(minus)
One specialist battalion
group (minus)
Three Reserve medical
battalion groups (minus)
Reason(s) for
Over/Under
Achievement
Partially Achieved
Insufcient
availability of
health-care
practitioners to
sustain the overall
demand, as well
as unserviceability
of obsolete main
medical equipment
Partially Achieved
Shortages of
healthcare
practitioners,
as airborne and
parachute qualied
members, as well
unserviceability
of obsolete main
medical equipment
Partially achieved
Loss of skills
and low-level of
stafng
Nine Area Health Nine Area Health Units Achieved
Units
28 Health Centres 28 Health Centres Achieved
29 Sickbays 29 Sickbays Achieved
21
All units are Regular unless indicated otherwise
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