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Family services
Community Paediatrics
The demand for this fully Medicare funded clinic
is high, as it connects families who do not have
the option of accessing private practitioners
with the care their children need. We have seen
signi昀椀cant growth in our team over the past two
years, with the team now employing 5 Paediatric
Consultants, 2 General Practitioners with a special
interest in Paediatrics, 2 Paediatric registrars, 1
physiotherapist and 1 Paediatric Nurse. This is
a key achievement over the last 12 months as it
has allowed for a review of practice processes
supporting the e昀昀ectiveness and e昀케ciency of the
program. Increased e昀케ciency has allowed us to
see over 170 new patients and progress towards
reopening our wait list, that has been closed for
over 昀椀ve years.
Pathways to Good Health
BCHS received new funding in 2024 from the
Victorian Department of Health to establish
the Pathways to Good Health Program
across the Loddon region. The service aims
to ensure timely and culturally safe access
to health screening, assessment, referral and
health planning for children living in out of
home care. The service also seeks to improve
system integration between health and child
protection systems and ensure that children
are linked with the right intervention services
to support continuity of care. The priority
cohort eligible for the service is children
and young people entering statutory care
(for the 昀椀rst or subsequent time). The team
has established positive partnership and
collaboration with key stakeholders and in the
昀椀rst year of service has seen over 200 children
triaged, screened and assessed, ensuring they
have received or commence accessing all
required health supports.
“Working as long as I have in the
department, I know that accessing
quick and easy health care for any
diagnosis to assist a child has always
been a huge barrier. [But] Your team
has made my day. Thank you so much
for your help with this family.”
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