Wellington Primary
Care Partnership
Business Meeting
Minutes
23 May 2011
10:30am – 1:00 pm
LECTURE HALL
Central Gippsland Health Service
Facilitator:
Steve Elvy, Yarram and District Health Service
Attendees:
Jo Cockwill
Diane Wilkinson
Rowena Lam
Carmel Riley
Kate Bagnato
Emily Durbridge
Rachael Dooley
Catherine Vassiliou
Naomi Licciardello
Sue Gray
Kim McAlister
Frances Ford
Ann Hamden
WPCP Executive Officer
Gippsland Women’s Health Service
DH
DH
East Gippsland Primary Health Alliance
WPCP CDM Worker
WPCP Health Promotion Coordinator
Uniting Care Gippsland
Dept Education & Early Childhood Development
CGHS
Uniting Care Gippsland
Wellington Shire Council
Community Mental Health, LRH
Apologies
Ruth Churchill
Dawn Martin
Marlene Constable
Leanne Wishart
Anne-Maree Kaser
Anoop Chauhan
Central Gippsland Health Service (CGHS)
GippSport
DVA
Rural Access
LCHS
EGPHA
Minutes:
Claire Haines
SESSION 1 – Service Coordination/Chronic Disease Management
10.30 am - 11.10 am
1.
WELCOME TO ATTENDEES
All members of the Wellington Primary Care Partnership
Steve
2.
APOLOGIES
As above
Steve
3.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Resolution that the minutes of meeting held on 28 March 2011 having previously
been circulated be ratified and confirmed. Two alterations:
Section 8.3 should read’ Wellington Shire Council Youth Council’ not group.
Steve
Section 9 (Catherine Vassiliou) second last paragraph has been altered to read:
As mentioned at the meeting, DEECD Action Plan template is now available. If
members would like to see a copy of it, please feel free to email me and I can
forward one to them.
Moved: Diane Seconded: Kate Bagnato
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4.
5.
CORRESPONDENCE
Jo

National Reform Agenda - updates
The Special Interest Group & the Divisions met on May 18 for mediation have
now come to an agreement. Medicare Local Consultation meetings will be
held over the next few weeks with a Sale one scheduled for 9 June at
Gippsland Regional Sports Complex, 9:30am - 12. A flyer will be sent out in
the next week. It is important that as many agency staff are part of the
consultation as possible

Revised Plans have been submitted to DH

SC/CDM Survey results – see below
INTEGRATED CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT
5.1
Gippsland SC/CDM Survey Results Presentation
attached in pdf format (if anyone would like the
1.12MB PowerPoint format please email me).
5.2
Carmel/Rowena
SC CDM Survey
Results
Jo
Health Literacy presentation: Presentation attached,
once again, please email if you would like the
PowerPoint format. A video of Professor Helen
Keleher’s presentation will soon be available and this
will be posted on our website for agencies to access.
Health Literacy
5.3
CDM Project Officer report attached
5.4
Emily highlighted Human Services Directory
Training coming up on June 23 & 24 and how useful
this would be.
Web link to CDM/SC Operational Plan – progress report.
http://www.wellingtonpcp.com.au/strategic-plan
Business arising - nil
5.5
Any agency reports tabled – EliCD, Self Management etc. None tabled
CDM Project Officer
report
6.
Emily
All
SERVICE COORDINATION
6.1 Regional Group Reports available – Comments/feedback welcome.
Currently focussing on the survey and Jo will soon complete a report on
Wellington specific results for distribution.
All
SESSION 2 – Business and Partnership
11.10 – 12.00
7.
Executive Report
7.1 Financial arrangements and discussion re surplus
WPCP Finance Report – April budget report attached to email.
All
Jo/Steve
Budget Details - 30 April 2011
Budgeted
Actual
Total carried forward
$383,534
$383,534
DHS Grants for 2010-2011
$299,903
$299,903
DoJ Grant
$10,000
$10,000
G HP Task Group (FHL evaluation)
$5,000
$5,000
WSC Small Events Sponsorship
$500
$500
Active Communities in Wellington
$4,500
$4,500
Active Aging Network
$6,364
$6,364
PHCRED Scholarship - Actual
$6,250
$6,250
Income for 2010-2011
$716,051
$716,051
Expenses for 2010 -2011
$690,951
$341,031
Balance
$25,100
$375,020
Elder Abuse funds ($33,900) will be spent over next six months, so some will
need to be carried forward.
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Jo
7.2 Executive Business - Staffing
Wellington PCP is looking to increase staffing hours in the areas of both Health
Promotion and Chronic Disease Management /Service Coordination. As Rachael
is currently completing research for Monash University one day a week and is
receiving a scholarship to do this work, the extra hours need to be covered. To
this end I have been following up possible ways to buy in some extra time.
East Gippsland and Wellington PCPs, currently work with East Gippsland
Primary Health Alliance (formerly EG Division of GP). Both PCP plans outline
work around increasing engagement between GPs and Community Health
Services. There is an opportunity to progress this work through an increase of
hours, to be funded by both PCPs. This possibility was endorsed by the WPCP
Executive and is being progressed.
Renee Heath was working with the PCP two days a week up until June 2011 but
has now decided to take a 12 month position with CGHS, covering Linde
Coggan’s maternity leave position. We thank Renee for her contribution to the
WPCP and wish her well.
Bec Lade did a student placement with the WPCP in 2010 and has been
completing some HP work around Food security and Community kitchens with us
over the past few months. She will be returning to full time study in July.
Due to Rachael’s Monash commitments she is only available four days a week
plus the Elder Abuse Prevention project has been extended. This means we
need to buy in more hours with the usual difficulty of finding skilled workers. A
proposal regarding advertising for workers will be outlined and discussed with
input from members gratefully received.
Wellington PCP, together with East Gippsland, will advertise two positions with a
focus on Project Management skills and offer negotiable hours and place of work
(Bairnsdale or Sale). The aim is to make the advert very clear on what the job
role entails, but include a certain amount of flexibility in hours and applicants’
experience. Comments and feedback welcome.
8:
PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
8.1 Partnership update.
The WPCP has organised for a Consumer Leadership (22095VIC) course to
be held in Sale in August. The course will be delivered via three face-to-face
sessions over three consecutive weeks and includes the following units:

Engage as a consumer in a health care service

Promote consumer engagement

Provide consumer leadership
All
The course is nationally accredited and will be conducted by the Health
Issues Centre. A flyer will be distributed shortly.
12.00: Lunch
SESSION 3 – INTEGRATED HEALTH PROMOTION
12.00 pm – 1.00pm
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9.
IHP BUSINESS ARISING
9.1
Health Promotion Network Report – report tabled. Comments/feedback
welcome
9.2
Elder Abuse Prevention Report
Health Promotion
Report
Elder Abuse
Prevention report
Rachael
Workforce Needs
Survey
HP Workforce Needs Survey one page summary attached. The Evaluation
Support Fund application has been approved.
The Office of Senior Victorians has notified us of an extension of 6 -12 months for
the Elder Abuse Project and will provide an additional $35,000. Focus is to look
at inter-agency protocols.
10.
EARLY YEARS PARTNERSHIP
10.1
Best Start Action Plan
Could comments and feedback pleased be provided to Catherine by
Friday 3 June. Plan to be endorsed by 10 June. Action Plan budget will
be forwarded shortly - the bulk of money will go to facilitator wages.
10.2
Best Start Partnership Agreement – Could this also be reviewed comments and feedback provided by Friday 3 June and agreement
endorsed by 10 June.
10.3
Makeup of Workgroups
Once action plan is finalised, the membership of the workgroup will be
done. Could agencies please nominate staff for membership.
10.4
Parent Representative Groups – from the community consultation, 22
parents said they would be interested in being part of a consultative
group. Level of involvement needs to be determined from parents
perhaps via a short questionnaire or a group meeting.
10.5
Update on Community Consultation – 137 surveys have been returned
and are currently being collated. Most of these are quite indepth. Very
few surveys were received from Gormandale and Rosedale. It was
suggested this was because these two areas gravitate towards Traralgon.
10.6
Where to from here? Kim, Jo and Frances to catch up with Catherine re
Early Years working group – group to focus on strategic area. Municipal
Early Years Plan central point. If anyone else is interested in attending
this meeting, please contact Jo.
Catherine
Vassiliou
Attached reports:

Wellington Best Start Action Plan 2011 – 2014

Wellington Best Start Partnership Agreement

Wellington Best Start Partnership Commitment
DEECD Template
Partnership
Agreement
Wellington Best Start
Commitment
Catherine’s role has been advertised externally with applications closing at the
end of this week.
Kim suggested parents involved in representative groups may be interested in
Consumer Leadership course being run in August.
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WPCP MEETING DATES - 2011
Business Meetings 2011
Executive Meetings 2011
to be held in the CGHS Lecture Hall from
10:30am till 1:00 pm
to be held in the CGHS e-health room from
10:30am till 12:00pm
27 June
23 May
25 July
22 August
26 September
28 November
12 December
Health Promotion Meetings 2011
Chronic Disease Mgmt Meetings 2011
9.30am – 11am
Conference Room - CGHS
21 June
16 August
18 October
20 December
Wellington Primary Care Partnership
24 October
2pm – 4:30pm
Conference Room - CGHS
7 June
2 August
4 October
6 December
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