THE following message is from the CEO of the SSW-GP-Link and posted on their website
http://www.macdivgp.com.au/site/index.cfm?display=288436
In this statement the CEO says:
"Our start date will be 1st July 2012 which leaves us just over 7 months to implement our plans and listen to the members and community we serve."
In this statement the CEO says:
"Our start date will be 1st July 2012 which leaves us just over 7 months to implement our plans and listen to the members and community we serve."
One is driven to ask the obvious question - "Why didn't you do this before making the collective public of the South West Sydney captive to your plans, Mr Pennock! Now the public must listen to your plans as hatched by your Division and that of the Southern Highlands Division of General Practice!"
What can be suggested is, perhaps, the dis-enfranchised mass of health consumers, private and public healthcare providers, and the managers of the non-government health service sector should take up Mr Pennock's offer and use the Contact Us link to make your voice heard; ask the hard question; or ask the question what are you planning to provide to us in the Wollondilly and Wingecarribee Shires?
Perhaps you would like to start by looking at the scope of the SSW Medicare Local through the Department of Health and Ageing website: www.yourhealth.gov.au
Medicare Local Information
"Sydney South
West GP Link in partnership with our colleagues Southern Highlands
Division of General Practice, is very proud to confirm that on the 4th
November 2011 the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing,
announced that we were successful in our application to form the South
Western Sydney Medicare Local (SWSML). We will be one of 62 new Medicare
Locals across the Nation implementing the new Primary Health Care
Reform.
"Our start date will be 1st July 2012 which leaves us just over 7
months to implement our plans and listen to the members and community we
serve. We are also extremely fortunate that South Western Sydney will
have one Medicare Local and one Local Health District. This alone is a
significant step towards improving integration between primary health
care and the hospital system.
"As this link becomes more populated over the next few months please click on Contact Us for
any questions or issues you wish to raise. I strongly encourage anyone
to provide us with any feedback as we move towards our start date on 1st
July 2012."
Rene Pennock
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
The boundaries of each Medicare Local can be viewed at www.yourhealth.gov.au
Medicare Locals to Commence from July 2012
Medicare Local
|
Applicant
|
State/Territory
|
|---|---|---|
| Central Coast NSW | Central Coast Division of General Practice | NSW |
| Eastern Sydney | South Eastern Sydney Division of General Practice | NSW |
| Far West NSW | NSW Outback Division of General Practice | NSW |
| Inner West Sydney | Central Sydney GP Network | NSW |
| South Eastern Sydney | Sutherland Division of General Practice | NSW |
| Southern NSW | Southern GP Network | NSW |
| South Western Sydney | Sydney South West GP Link and Southern Highlands Division of General Practice | NSW |
| Eastern Melbourne | Eastern Ranges GP Association | Victoria |
| Gippsland | East Gippsland Primary Health Alliance, Central West Gippsland Division of General Practice, and General Practice Alliance South Gippsland | Victoria |
| Goulburn Valley | Goulburn Valley Division of General Practice | Victoria |
| Grampians | West Vic Division of General Practice | Victoria |
| Hume | Albury-Wodonga Regional GP Network | Victoria |
| Central Queensland | CQ Medicare Local | Queensland |
| Far North Queensland | Far North Queensland Rural Division of General Practice | Queensland |
| Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast Division of General Practice | Queensland |
| Wide Bay | GP Links Wide Bay | Queensland |
| Country South SA | Murray Mallee General Practice Network | South Australia |
| Bentley-Armadale | Canning Division of General Practice | Western Australia |
| Perth Central and East Metro | Perth Primary Care Network | Western Australia |
| Northern Territory | General Practice Network NT, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT and NT Government Department of Health | Northern Territory |
