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Purro Birik - (Healthy Spirit)
5.9 Coordination and
Planning
The coordination and
planning of Koori health services' in relation to the provision of social,
emotional and cultural wellbeing programs, was a major focus of all
consultations. The main issues were that:
• there is little knowledge
of the total funding arrangements of individual Koori health services for
programs that make up the social, emotional and cultural wellbeing services.
This makes it difficult to identify where existing resources are and where
the greatest need may be;
• data quality is poor
(particularly Australian Bureau of Statistics data); • resources are
perceived to be spread unevenly across the State;
• services are sometimes
made to compete for resources resulting in some communities continually
missing out and their health service failing to develop;
• there is a lack of
quality business management and planning in some areas;
• and that funding often
comes to services in small 'one-off' amounts with strings attached,
hindering the ability of organisations to effectively meet their
communities' needs.
Despite a strong commitment
among Koori health services to recognise the need for all 26 community
controlled health services to each meet their own communities needs, there
is also some support for delivering programs such as the Regional Training
Centre, Supported Accommodation and Healing Places on a regional level.
Local planning and
coordination of the relationship between Koori health services and mental
health services was one of the most discussed issues throughout the
consultation process. This issue was identified as a significant factor in
improving outcomes for Koori people experiencing mental illness. The
effectiveness of this local relationship is thought to have a direct bearing
on mental health outcomes for the corresponding Koori community.
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