Aged Care & Rehabilitation Clinical Services Plan 2007 – 2012

Aged Care & Rehabilitation Clinical Service Plan 2007 - 20122.3 SSWAHS Policy ContextSSWAHS has recently developed, or is in the process of developing, a range of policies and planswhich will inform the delivery of health services across the Area, including the AC&RS.2.3.1 SSWAHS Strategic Plan Towards 2010The SSWAHS Strategic Plan Towards 2010 is the first corporate plan for Sydney South West AreaHealth Service. It is the premier planning document for SSWAHS, setting the overall direction forthe development and delivery of all services and systems. The Plan is consistent with the NSWState Plan and the NSW State Health Plan: Towards 2010.Consistent with the vision outlined by NSW Health, the SSWAHS Vision for our communities is“vibrant communities who enjoy and value good health and who work with us to improve health foreveryone”. For our organisation and staff, the SSWAHS vision is “an energetic and progressiveteam delivering innovative health care and inspiring pride and confidence through a determinedpursuit of excellence”.The values underpinning the work of SSWAHS are justice, integrity, respect, flexibility, reflectivenessand conviction. Numerous corporate objectives support the Vision.2.3.2 SSWAHS Draft Area Healthcare Services Plan 2006 – 2016The draft Healthcare Services Plan 2006 – 2016 has been developed through extensive consultationsince the establishment of SSWAHS in January 2005. It outlines an approach for management ofincreased demand in SSWAHS to 2016, based on the establishment of clinical networks.The draft Plan includes extensive discussion on the current inpatient, outpatient and communitybased services provided by AC&RS, including a summary of current and emerging issues, keyclinical relationships and a proposed model of care. Models of Care Principles are outlined as astrategic vision for AC&RS by 2016, as follows:• the provision of acute geriatric units of sufficient size to minimise outliers under geriatricmanagement at all acute hospitals;• enhancement to models of care that provide:- the opportunity to reduce the need for acute hospitalisation;- rapid assessment with a move to definitive treatment and/or transfer to alternativesettings for those attending Emergency Departments (EDs);- for those admitted to wards – multidisciplinary care, reduction of the length of stay andmove to definitive sub-acute units for active rehabilitation – complemented by theprovision of transitional care and community based services to enable rapid return to aresidential setting;• Provision of a seamless continuum of care across residential, community and hospitalsettings, in conjunction with primary care partners;• Enhancement to domiciliary and community based services enabling the provision of moreaccessible care and support;• Expansion of the service provided to people with a traumatic brain injury and thedevelopment of an associated service to provide care for people with a non-traumatic braininjury;• Investigate the development of a burns step down unit in conjunction with the current StatewideBurns service at Concord Hospital, in the style of a transitional living unit, to supportpeople in the post acute (rehabilitation) phase of a burns injury; and• Improved management of inpatients with dementia through the provision of dedicated unitsand support staff.2.3.3 Liverpool Hospital Clinical Services PlanA Clinical Services Plan for Liverpool Hospital (LH) developed in 2006 identified the scope ofservices required to meet the growing population of South West Sydney, particularly associated withthe South West Growth Centre land release. Approximately $390 million has been allocated forPhase 1, Liverpool Hospital Stage 2 redevelopment.Liverpool Hospital Stage 2 includes the following AC&R services: integration of disparate aged careservices into a central location; 50 acute aged care and rehabilitation beds (including 8 rehabilitationbeds); 6 additional beds for people with a traumatic brain injury and a four bed non-traumatic brainPage 17