Health Service Management: Assignment

Running Head: HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT
Health Service Management
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HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT 2
Executive Summary
The purpose of the NSW health care system is to ensure that there is the provision of
high-quality health care services to all the citizens. NSW health care system also aims at
enhancing and maintaining health and wellbeing of the people in NSW. It aims at creating
openness and keep respect among healthcare professionals and patients by building strong
therapeutic relationships. This has led to the creation of primary health networks (PHN) and
local health districts (LHD) to enhance the quality of healthcare. Findings from studies which
have been conducted in NSW indicates that most of the people living in this country are
aboriginal’s community which values their cultural norms.

HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT 3
Table of Contents
Executive Summary..............................................................................................................................2
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................4
Compare and Contrast the Function of Local Health Districts (LHD) and Primary Health Network
(PHN)....................................................................................................................................................4
Similarities of LHD and PHN Functions..........................................................................................4
Differences between Local Health Districts (LHD) and Primary Health Networks (PHN)
Regarding the Roles, Accountability, and Budget............................................................................6
Difficulties Which Emerge From the New Arrangements in the Healthcare System of NSW............7
Recommendations for Improvement of the Healthcare System in NSW.............................................8
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................8
References.............................................................................................................................................9

HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT 4
Introduction
The Australian government established the Primary Health Network (PHN) in 2015
focusing on New South Wale (NSW). PHNs were created with the aim of improving efficiency
and effectiveness in medical services which are offered to patients and enhancing the
coordination of healthcare. This can only be achieved through the provision of better
information, education, and creation of networking opportunities for healthcare professionals so
that it can be easy to establish connections across healthcare system in NSW to ensure that
patients receive high-quality healthcare services which meets their health needs (Booth et al.,
2016). Primary health networks in NSW provides an opportunity to focus efforts at the regional
level to achieve a better health care system in the country. PHNs coordinates across the whole
healthcare system to ensure that healthcare professionals are offering quality healthcare services
to patients. Local health districts were established in 2011 by the NSW government with the
aims of delivering healthcare services across the country. The locals decide LHD, and most
individuals who are involved include clinicians and the community. In NSW there are eight local
health districts which cover the metropolitan region and seven LHDs covering the rural and
regional locations (Joshi et al., 2013). The primary objective of LHD is to enhance unity and
cooperation to improve the health and wellbeing of the community. LHD staffs and healthcare
professionals strive to provide high-quality healthcare services to patients. This paper focus on
comparing and contrasting the various functions of primary health networks (PHN) and local
health districts (LHD).