Message from the Chair, Loddon Mallee Health Network
As Chair of both the LMHN and the LMSS and having announced my retirement, this is a fantastic punctuation mark at the end of my journey.
Colleagues,
my retirement, this is a fantastic punctuation mark at the end of my journey. In reflecting on my six years as CEO of the Regional Hospital I am most grateful for the wonderful collegial support I have enjoyed from peers across the region. The commitment, effort and belief in better outcomes for our communities through collaboration and joined-up effort give me great confidence and comfort as I move from a provider of health services to a customer within Loddon Mallee; I know that we are doing as well as the best. I have been honoured to work with great people in our health services at Board, Executive and Service levels; to have enjoyed the confidence and support of our Departmental colleagues and colleagues in so many other agencies committed to supporting our communities. I must acknowledge the fabulous work of the LMHN team led by Yvonne Wrigglesworth, they make such a positive difference. Also, the work of the LMSS Teams led by Stuart Lamshed and Danny Lindrea,
their expertise to commit to building on fantastic foundations laid by the past CIO Bruce Winzar is to be admired and regarded. Finally, I wish the LMHN/LMMS teams every success in the future. To all of my colleagues I thank you for your support, trust and commitment to making such a positive difference and in particular, the Board Members, you all carry that extra workload, that extra responsibility and demonstrate that extra commitment, thank you.
It is my pleasure to introduce the Autumn Edition of the Regional Review. This edition contains important updates on our Planned Surgery efforts, our innovative work on the Regional Clinical Governance initiative that we are undertaking in partnership with Safer Care Victoria and progress on the LM Public Health Unit sub-regional workshops. Of particular note also is the great news we received that the Department of Health had supported our business case and allocated $14.2m to the rollout of Electronic Medical Records to our sub-regional health services in Mildura, Swan Hill and Echuca. This will be a critical project for the Region. I know from experience in our Regional Health Service in Bendigo, this will be a major change in how we do clinical business. I do however believe that a lot of the challenges (some of them quite difficult) have already been confronted and overcome and that others in the region will benefit from the Regional Hospital learnings. From a personal perspective as Chair of both the LMHN and the LMSS and having announced
Peter
Peter Faulkner Chair Loddon Mallee Health Network CEO Bendigo Health
LMHN Regional Review | Issue 2 | Summer 2023
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