About PCPs

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Overview

The state government as part of the Primary Care Partnership Strategy has funded 31 Primary Care Partnerships. Each Primary Care Partnership represents a specific region within Victoria and has formed voluntary alliances with a range of service providers. These service providers are also referred to as Primary Care Partnership Members. Primary Care Partnership Members include groups, agencies, organisations. Examples include Divisions of General Practice, hospitals, community health centres, health services, universities, schools, sporting clubs, churches, charities, and other government and non-government organisations.

Each Primary Care Partnership operates slightly differently. Primary Care Partnership Members sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU is a non-binding legal document that outlines a level of agreement and assists in setting expectations for the relationship. Each PCP governs their own memberships and may have different types/levels of memberships to meet the distinctive needs of its member agencies. For example, some member agencies may still be considered members even though they have not signed a MOU. Other examples of membership types include voting members and affiliates.

The main motivation for service providers to become PCP members is to improve relationships and achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes for the community.

The Primary Care Partnership Strategy outlines the following priorities for the 31 PCPs:

• Partnership Development
• Integrated Health Promotion
• Service Coordination
• Integrated Chronic Disease Management

Each of the 31 Primary Care Partnerships are required to produce a Community Health Plan for 2006-2009 with annual updates as required. The Community Health Plan produced by each PCP focuses on the above priorities and includes planning and reporting mechanisms for each priority. Each PCP is encouraged to tailor their plan to suit issues relevant to their geographic location (catchment). Recurrent funding to progress core work was introduced in 2005-06. PCPs work together with their members to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes for the community.

Primary Care Partnerships: Working together, achieving more (742kb, pdf)

To download PCPs Community Health Plans, see PCP webpages.

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PCP strategy

The Victorian Government firmly believes in a stronger role for the PCP Strategy as an effective means for strengthening the primary health care sector. Building a more effective primary health care system for Victoria remains a key government commitment, which we will continue to pursue in partnership with the sector. The strategic directions outlined in this document will strengthen and broaden the strategy and will deliver better health outcomes and stronger communities for all Victorians.

Primary Care Partnerships strategic directions 2004 - 2006: Better health - stronger communities (292kb, pdf)

Primary Care Partnerships are making a difference

Over the past 6 years, PCPs have focused on building relationships between agencies, service system reform, better coordination of services and an integrated approach to health promotion. The attached paper provides evidence that the Victorian approach to partnership has improved our human service system through:

• better continuity of care;
• a more responsive system; and
• greater efficiency.

Primary Care Partnerships are making a difference (121kb, pdf)

PCP 2006-2009 reporting requirements

The following documents detail the reporting requirements for Primary Care Partnerships (PCPs) regarding their Community Health Plans (CHPs). Explanations & examples of the type of information are provided. Also provided are convenient blank templates to assist PCPs in completing their report.

Guidelines for completing the Community Health Plan and Community Health Plan Implementation Agreement (CHPIA) templates (551kb, pdf)

Partnership Planning Template (153kb, MS Word)

Partnership Reporting Template (158kb, MS Word)

Integrated Health Promotion Planning Template (189kb, MS Word)

Integrated Health Promotion Reporting Template (195kb, MS Word)

Service Coordination Planning Template (151kb, MS Word)

Service Coordinationn Reporting Template (154kb, MS Word)

Integrated Chronic Disease Management Planning Template (166kb, MS Word)

Integrated Chonic Disease Management Reporting Template (180kb, MS Word)

Contact

Contact information for further enquiries.

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