SLHD Year in Review 2011/12 - Sydney Local Health District - NSW ...

Community Participation
Sydney Local Health District has a strong commitment
to proactively including our consumers and the local
community in the activities of the District, whether
this involves enhancing participation in health service
planning, or through providing advice on service delivery,
policy issues, research or evaluation.
Over the last year the Consumer and Community
Participation Networks across the Sydney Local Health
District have been growing steadily. Facility CCP Networks
at Royal Prince Alfred, Balmain, Canterbury and Concord
Hospitals meet monthly and provide valuable advice and
involvement in many aspects of local health service delivery
to ensure our health services meet our community’s health
care needs and improve services for all.
A highlight for the year was the official launch of the
Consumer and Community Participation Framework by
the Chief Executive, Dr Teresa Anderson, at the Hannaford
Community Centre in Rozelle on the 12th October 2012.
The event was well attended by consumers and community
members from across the whole District as well as staff from
a number of non-government organisations, community
group members, local council members, government
agencies (e.g. Department of Family and Community
Services) and key SLHD staff. The launch was very favourably
received by the public. Consumers shared their personal
stories and experience working with the District and
everyone who attended enjoyed sharing a lovely
lunch together.
At the launch Dr Anderson thanked all those consumer
and community representatives who had generously
given their time and energy to the District and to the
consumers and community members who worked hard in
developing the Framework.
SLHD looks forward to building on its celebrated
achievements this year, and will greatly expand consumer
and community participation in 2013 through a number
of targeted strategies to increase community involvement
in the District’s business. Next year the SLHD will also
establish the SLHD Consumer and Community Council,
a peak committee dedicated to ensuring consumer and
community input is embedded into all aspects of the
District’s business.
Contact us if you are interested in being involved:
Manager, Consumer and Community Participation,
Sydney Local Health District
Phone: 9515-9622
Email: slhd.consumer@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
Facility Consumer and Community Participation
Coordinators
Canterbury Network........................................ 9787 0974
(Canterbury Hospital)
Concord Network.............................................9767 6919
(Concord Hospital)
Balmain Network..............................................9515 9231
(Balmain Hospital)
RPA Network....................................................9515 9231
(Royal Prince Alfred Hospital)
(Hearing impaired people may like to phone these numbers
through the National Relay Service on 1300 850 115).
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