Day Stay Unit Development at Canterbury Hospital

Running head: PUBLIC HEALTH
Health Service Plan for Women’s Health and Neonatology
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Executive Summary
The health service plan aims to improve delivery of health services and performance of the
healthcare system to better meet the needs of women and neonatal population. It will comprise of
a process that will align the effective delivery of existing maternal, gynaecological and obstetrics
health services to meet the changing need patterns. It will utilize future health resources such as
space, staff and infrastructure to address the issues. This will bring about an new policies and
directions to cater to the emerging health trends and will work to improve better health
outcomes.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
2. Planning principles...................................................................................................................3
3. Goals and strategies..................................................................................................................4
4. Demographic analysis..............................................................................................................6
5. Needs Assessment....................................................................................................................7
6. Service Profile..........................................................................................................................9
7. Current activity levels..............................................................................................................9
8. Catchment and reverse catchment..........................................................................................10
9. Situational analysis.................................................................................................................10
10. Future services and role delineation...................................................................................11
11. Recommendations...............................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................13
Appendix 1.....................................................................................................................................15
Appendix 2.....................................................................................................................................15
Appendix 3.....................................................................................................................................16
Appendix 4.....................................................................................................................................16
Appendix 5.....................................................................................................................................17
Appendix 6.....................................................................................................................................17
Appendix 7.....................................................................................................................................18

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1. Introduction
The Sydney Local Health District aims to achieve excellence in the healthcare services for all
community residents. Its mission is to ensure that the community has adequate access
opportunities to best quality patient-centred care services. It works towards promoting
evidenced-based, efficient, culturally appropriate and timely treatment (Sydney Local Health
District, 2017). It is supported by extremely skilled, accountable and committed staff. A plethora
of research, technologies and education supports the organization.
This report will outline a health service plan for women and gynaecological health services.
The primary aim of the women’s health service plan will be to improve the wellbeing and health
of women who experience poor health in the community. The health service plan will address a
range of preventive services for women without affecting the health quality standards. It will also
offer free medical, nursing, nutrition and counselling services to the women who are vulnerable
in the region. The service will identify women who face difficulty in accessing healthcare
opportunities due to the effect of cultural or language barriers, substance abuse, mental issues,
violence or sexual identity issues.
2. Planning principles
Emergence of health service planning since the past decade represents a major progress and
has introduced an entirely new avenue of opportunities that work to improve the quality, quantity
and effectiveness of environmental and personal health care. The methods that are used in
healthcare planning lead to a more effective involvement of constituency, when compared to