Waiting List Reduction Funding 2006-07

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Overview

In 2006-07 the Primary Health Branch allocated funding to thirteen community health services to undertake seventeen projects to reduce waiting times and/or number of clients waiting for services. All projects reported substantial reductions in waiting times and/or numbers. Almost all reported substantial reductions in both.

Amongst the approaches adopted, all are capable of obtaining a significant level of waiting time and waiting list reduction, and those based on system change and service model change appear to be as effective as those based on increased staffing within existing systems and service models.

The project funding enabled agencies to maintain or temporarily increase their effort in delivering services whilst allocating staff time to the development and implementation of system change and service model change.

Detail regarding this work and a snapshot of each of the projects can be obtained by downloading the evaluation report below.

It is important to align any future waiting list reduction work with the community health Demand Management Strategy being implemented by the Primary Health Branch and community health sector.

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Community Health Services Waiting List Reduction Funding 2006/07 Evaluation Report – November 2007 (194pdf)