Either prepare a service plan for an identified clinical stream or conduct a post-occupancy evaluation of a health facility that has been occupied for at least 12 calendar months.
The health service plan will undertake health service review and development for one clinical stream for Sydney Local Health District, based on a choice of a series of options from two clinical position papers. These are:
• Sydney Local Health District (2012). Cardiovascular Clinical Stream Position Paper.
• Sydney Local Health District (2012). Aged Health, Chronic Care, Rehabilitation (ACC&R) and General Medicine Clinical Stream Position Paper.
Sydney Local Health District has made the Clinical Stream Position papers available on their web site and both of these papers include sufficient information to prepare a Healthcare Services Plan (HSP). However the clinical streams are very large and therefore students are to choose one of the specific topics for their plan:
• Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Services
• Renal Medicine Services
• Palliative Care Services
• Rehabilitation Services
• Acute and Sub-Acute Older Persons Services.
Students can review the Sunshine Coast HHS to see the separation of these services into specific clinical streams.
A health service plan needs to address services across the continuum of care including primary and secondary prevention, inpatient care, restorative care and management of ongoing health.
The data presented does not include inpatient activity projections apart from the analysis for future renal dialysis services, which could be included in the Renal Medicine HSP. Therefore this is not required in the HSP you develop apart from the data mentioned.
The following sections are to be included in the plan:
• Introduction
• Planning principles
• Demographic analysis including relevant population projections
• Needs assessment
• Service profile within Sydney LHD, including Role Delineation Levels and Models of Care
• Current activity levels, including separations and beddays by facility and across the LHD
• Catchment and reverse catchment profiles
• Situational analysis – Strategic Issues and Priorities
• Future Services Profile by Facility and across the LHD and Proposed Role Delineation Levels and Models of Care
• Key goals, objectives, strategies and recommendations in table format.
Rationale
The strategic health plan assessment is designed to develop practical skills and should include the recent literature and research findings and consultations from relevant experts in the field and/or service/facility consumers. The assignment allows students to demonstrate their understanding of clinical service planning and the steps in the planning process.
Criteria
You will be assessed on the following:
• Proof reading of text to ensure accuracy of grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Writing clearly and in an appropriate formal style for an academic report.
• Ability to present data in a tabular/graphic format with relevant written analysis
• Selection of evaluation criteria.
• Evidence to support recommendations
Sydney Local Health District (2012). Cardiovascular Clinical Stream Position Paper.
Retrieved from:
http://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/planning/pdf/Cardiovascular_Position_Paper.pdf
Sydney Local Health District (2012). Aged Health, Chronic Care, Rehabilitation (ACC&R) and General Medicine Clinical Stream Position Paper.
Retrieved from:
https://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/planning/pdf/ACCR_Clinical_Stream_Position_Paper.pdf
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (2012). SCHHS Health Service Plan 2012 -2022.
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/docs/govn/schhs_hlthsrvpln.pdf
The health service plan will undertake health service review and development for one clinical stream for a de-identified Local Health District. Examples will be provided during Modules 4 and 5 and Workshop 2; but the selected topic could be an area such as women’s and children’s health services, renal services, emergency and critical care services, mental health services, cardio-vascular services, respiratory medicine services or surgical services planning. The specific topic will be notified to students together with relevant data sets and documentation for inclusion in the plan. A health service plan needs to address services across the continuum of care including primary and secondary prevention, inpatient care, restorative care and management of ongoing health.
The POE allows students working in the field to demonstrate application of POE measures. The facility examined may be one that provides hospital or community services, in the public, private or NGO sector. It may be a refurbishment or new project. It should be a unit (not a whole hospital) so that the operation of the unit is clear. It should not be more than 5 years old and should be at least one year old. Measures for use in the POE will be supplied in the relevant module.
Rationale
The strategic health plan assessment is designed to develop practical skills and should include the recent literature and research findings and consultations from relevant experts in the field and/or service/facility consumers. The assignment allows students to demonstrate their understanding of clinical service planning and the steps in the planning process.
The POE essentially ensures value for capital expenditure and can be used to provide feedback to future facility planning projects.
