Bendigo Loddon Primary Care Partnership Strategic Plan 2009-2012

The development of our new Strategic Plan, which was approved by the Board in November 2009, provided an opportunity for our Partnership to reflect on our achievements over the past nine years, challenges we now face and what our Partnership, collectively, wishes to achieve by working together over the next three years.

During the life of this Strategic Plan, our Partnership has chosen to focus our work on improving and reinforcing positive mental wellbeing within our communities, promoting positive lifestyles through targeted health promotion activies and in ensuring that the work we do is based on the principle of social inclusion. This focuses on reducing inequities, and increasing opportunities for the least advantaged people living in our communities.

We have also chosen to continue working together to make improvements in the health and wellbeing of older people within our communities which was initiated in 2003 though the Ageing Framework. Our Strategic Plan also reflects a new commitment to work together on issues relating to the health and wellbeing of children and young people. We recognise that while the percentage of Aboriginal people living within our communities is low, we cannot ignore the serious and pervasive health inequalities faced by Aboriginal people – and we will work together to build better relationships with Aboriginal people and the organisations that represent them within our communities, particularly the Bendigo and District Aboriginal Cooperative.

A review of this Strategic Plan was conducted in February and March 2011 and again in November 2011. The partner organisations that are actively involved in the implementation of the Plan were consulted and many of these partners responded with suggestions for updating the Plan to better reflect the changed situation in our community and sector. The reviewed Strategic Plan was completed, approved by the PCP Board and sent to the Regional Director, Health and Ageing, Loddon Mallee Region, Department of Health, in November 2011.

Section One:    The Basis of Our Partnership Work
Section Two:     The Context of Our Partnership Work
Section Three: Our Goals and Objectives
Section Four:    Implementation Plans
                              - Capacity Building in Our Primary Care Partnership
                               - Aboriginal People
                              - Children and Young People
                              - Older People (55+)
Section Five:     Integrated Health Promotion Plan
                               - Mental Health and Wellbeing
                               - Sexual and Reproductive Health
                               - Promoting Physical Activity and Active Communities
                               - Reducing Tobacco Related Harm
Section Six:       Supporting Documentation