2022-23 Annual Report
Empowering Healthy Lives
Wominjeka – Welcome to SEMPHN’s 2023 Annual Report
Our achievements over the past 12 months are possible through partnerships with people, professionals and providers in constantly changing primary health care settings. Together, we listen, collaborate and innovate.
Explore a snapshot of our work throughout the year
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Lived experience
We are committed to embedding consumers’ voices and experiences in service design and delivery.
Insights gathered through our annual Health Needs Assessments highlight emerging health concerns and areas for service improvement. Listening to people’s experiences creates an even more holistic picture of our community’s diverse needs. This year, our consumer focus included First Nations people, older people, people with lived experience of mental illness and culturally and linguistically diverse people. This led to the design of true person-centred programs, and culturally appropriate evaluation models.
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Working together to increase cancer screening rates for First Nations people
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The power of co-design: Dari podcast supports the mental wellbeing of Afghans
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Inner Peas: Youth-designed program promotes connection through cooking
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Helping vulnerable older Australians navigate and access aged care
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A monthly catch up with local men changes lives
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Learning from Listening: Improving First Nations' service evaluation
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Listening and responding to local needs through a holistic mental illness program
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Collaboration
We partner with health professionals, consumers, service providers and government agencies to enable better health outcomes for individuals, families and communities.
Purposefully and continuously engaging with stakeholders provides opportunities for collective problem-solving and improved integration across the sector. Many initiatives throughout the year saw several organisations and professionals collaborate during the design and implementation phases. Significant reforms, such as the four new Priority Primary Care Centres in south east Melbourne, were highly successful due to sustained effort and rapport established between SEMPHN, ambulance, emergency departments and general practices. Collaboration is a core value at SEMPHN and embraced by our staff.
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Ambulance, Emergency Departments and GPs come together to improve timely access to health care
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Ninety-two percent of general practices receive medicare grants to improve patient access and experience
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Chay Khana Afghan men’s group creates belonging and enhances wellbeing for refugees
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Doctors in Secondary Schools: A glimpse into student healthcare and support
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Partnering for quicker, streamlined access to mental health services
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Providing valuable education opportunities for healthcare workers
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Towards a digitally connected health care system
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Innovation
We are playing a purposeful, influential and innovative role in local and regional health service reform and integration.
Being able to respond to the complex and rapidly changing health landscape is integral to the success of primary health care providers. We regularly meet with providers to discuss challenges within their services and community and work with them to develop innovative and sustainable solutions. Over the past year, we have commissioned many innovative initiatives and services across mental health, chronic disease, alcohol and other drugs, aged care, cancer prevention and workforce development.
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Developing our ‘Path to Impact’ Strategy
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New peer mentor program boosts general practice manager morale and confidence
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Unique wellbeing program supports 1300 older adults in residential aged care
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Connecting people with the right mental health care at the right time
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Victorian-first patient journey data linkage for cardiovascular disease
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Engaging culturally diverse communities in Breast Cancer Screening
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Innovative clinical placement program to improve treatment for people living with Opioid Use Disorder
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Head to Health: a legacy of improved mental health support
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About this report
SEMPHN's achievements over the past 12 months are owed to the hard work and dedication of all those who work in constantly changing primary health care settings.
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Heatherton Victoria 3202
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