Premier and State Priorities. The delivery of both Premier’s and State priorities is the responsibility of all SA Health, and it is expected that all entities will work together to ensure successful delivery. This includes contributing to the implementation and delivery of the Premier’s and State priorities in both lead and partnering agency capabilities. SA Health is responsible for the delivery of a number of Government commitments over the period 2019-20 to 2021-22 including capital, service and research initiatives to build capacity and drive improvements across SA Health. Although led by the DHW, the support of the LHN, the SAAS, non-government, education, research, private and Commonwealth sectors are critical to their delivery. Information regarding all of the State Government’s commitments can be found at the following website: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/policies/ The LHN will deliver or contribute to the achievement of the following in 2019-20: Government Commitments Deliverables Elective Surgery Strategies The LHN is expected to undertake performance sustainability strategies to manage timely elective surgery in accordance with clinical timeframes on an ongoing basis. Elective Surgery Backlog The LHN will work with the DHW to provide timely access to elective surgery and reduce the number of patients who are overdue for their procedure. During 2019-20 the LHN will work towards achieving: • 100% timely admissions for Category 1 (with zero overdues) • 97% timely admissions for Category 2 • 95% timely admissions for Category 3. This will be measured on a monthly basis, as well as the LHN’s treat in turn rate, as part of the performance assessment process. It is expected that there will be no more than 300 elective surgery overdue patients at any one time, statewide. Care Closer to Home The LHN will deploy strategies at a hospital-level, to ensure patients can access high quality services in a timely manner, as close to home as possible in line with the Clinical Service Capability Framework. The goal as a system is for 70% of low complexity activity (where possible) is to be received at a patient’s local hospital. Community Engagement The LHN will promote consultation with health consumers and community members to refine the LHN’s provision of local health services. Bowel Cancer Prevention The LHN will work towards achieving the optimal maximum time from referral to diagnosis and treatment of 120 days following a positive bowel cancer test result. Palliative Care The LHN will exte...
Premier and State Priorities. The delivery of both Premier’s and State priorities is the responsibility of all SA Health, and it is expected that all entities will work together to ensure successful delivery. This includes contributing to the implementation and delivery of the Premier’s and State priorities in both lead and partnering agency capabilities. SA Health is responsible for the delivery of a number of Government commitments over the period 2019-20 to 2021-22 including capital, service and research initiatives to build capacity and drive improvements across SA Health. Although led by the DHW, the support of the LHN, the SAAS, non-government, education, research, private and Commonwealth sectors are critical to their delivery. Information regarding all of the State Government’s commitments can be found at the following website: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/policies/ The LHN will deliver or contribute to the achievement of the following in 2019-20: Government Commitments Deliverables Elective Surgery Strategies The LHN is expected to undertake performance sustainability strategies to manage timely elective surgery in accordance with clinical timeframes on an ongoing basis.
