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BIRTHDAY BASH IDAHOBIT celebrations
CWA members Marion Roberts (left), Liz Suhr, Barbara Ireland, Heather Horder, Dawn Mills, Beryl Pope, Caril Bight, Barb Edwards, Tess Lucas and Kathryn Chivers celebrated Beechworth CWA’s 82nd birthday last week. ■ More on page 2 PHOTO: Coral Cooksley
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Community-led approach New Beechwoorth Health Service strategy to focus on community collabaration BUILDING relationships with the community and listening to its members is at the heart of a new marketing and communications strategy running alongside Beechworth Health Service’s (BHS) current strategic plan for 2023 to 2026. The strategy is subject to final review by the BHS board. The current BHS Strategic Plan (2023-2026) reflects
BY CORAL COOKSLEY ccooksley@ nemedia.com.au
feedback from community consultations held in 2023. BHS chief executive Dr Mark Ashcroft said the strategic plan was reviewed annually to re-assess planning objectives and to identify priorities for the next 12 months.
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“The broad focus of the strategic plan is on better health, better care and better access for our local community,” he said. “The plan sets out some broad themes for focus such as maintaining excellence in care, building partnerships across the health system, and driving innovation and improvement. “It also describes the criti-
cal contribution of our workforce and our capacity to keep planning for the future. “In constructing the current strategic plan (20232026) the Beechworth Health Service board invited staff, community members, service partners as well as funding bodies and other groups to plan together.” With the community helping in the strategic planning
process, Dr Ashcroft said BHS values and its vision as a health service had been refined from received feedback. “We aim to have a plan that not only belongs to Beechworth Health Service, but it also has ownership by our community and those people who contributed to it,” he said. ■ Continued page 2
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