Welcome to the Summer 2024 edition of the LMHN Regional Review
Colleagues,
successful in recruiting an Anti-Racism Lead, First Nations Projects to support this important learning. System Reform for First Nations Communities within Emergency Departments (EDs) and Urgent Care Centres (UCCs) is underway across the Loddon Mallee Region (LMR). Read more on page 6-9. We are busy exploring opportunities to continue ongoing developments within the region as some projects conclude in June. The next quarter will see us revise our Regional Strategy for the next 12-18 months, with ongoing opportunities to provide education, workforce developments, and improvements to patient care. I would like to thank the LMHN members, stakeholders and staff for supporting our team as we manage the current changes and move towards a refreshed network later this year.
Our year has commenced with the finalisation of our Boards – Part A and Bart B – respectively chaired by Peter Abraham and Eileen Hannagan. We are moving into an era of change, with a focus on optimizing our resources through shared services, joint procurement, shared initiatives and projects, and coordination of workforce planning. We are supporting some innovative initiatives this year and can advise that our partnership with Safer Care Victoria to build a Regional System of Clinical Governance has engaged with CEOs, Board Chairs and Quality Chairs, as well as key staff who are working in the Quality and Risk space, has seen the delivery of two workshops. This initiative is working towards a shared vision that enables the identification of improvement opportunities across the Loddon Mallee region. The action from these workshops will be led by three LMHN Fellows and staff from our diverse teams who will become champions of change. We are continuing our LMHN River Journey of Truth Telling grounded in Transformational Accountability moving towards Anti-Racism, and have been
Our strategy includes ongoing opportunities to provide education, workforce developments, and improvements to patient care.
Yours sincerely Di Newell
Interim General Manager, Loddon Mallee Health Network, Chief Information Officer, Loddon Mallee Shared Shared Service.
LMHN Regional Review | Issue 5 | Summer 2024
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