YDHS Annual Report 2006 (2.4Mb pdf) - GHA Central
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Organisational Objectives<br />
Mission Statement<br />
The Yarram and District Health Service seeks to maintain and<br />
enhance the health of the community through the provision of<br />
quality care that is cost effective, efficient, equitable and<br />
consumer focussed.<br />
Vision<br />
The vision for the Yarram and District Health Service is to be<br />
an effective, community based service.<br />
Core Values<br />
The Yarram and District Health Service regards caring,<br />
integrity, quality, professionalism and cost effectiveness as<br />
being its core values.<br />
Objectives<br />
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To provide health care services capable of delivering a<br />
continuum of care to our community<br />
To continually improve quality service delivery<br />
To provide services that promote health improvement and<br />
prevention of illness<br />
To respond to the health care needs of the community<br />
through the ongoing process of consultation and planning<br />
To communicate all services to our community<br />
Introduction<br />
The Yarram and District Health Service is located 220<br />
kilometres south east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland<br />
Highway in Wellington Shire, approximately one hour’s drive<br />
time south west of Sale and 50 minutes drive time south east<br />
of Traralgon.<br />
The township of Yarram is the principal service centre of the<br />
area and services an area of approximately 1840 square<br />
kilometres with a catchment population of 5,580.<br />
The Health Service originally commenced operation as the<br />
Yarram and District Hospital, which was inaugurated on 1<br />
January 1912 and admitted its first patient in January 1917. In<br />
1993, the hospital name was changed to the Yarram and<br />
District Health Service to reflect its evolution into a multi<br />
purpose service, more appropriately positioned to meet the<br />
needs of the wider community.<br />
The Yarram and District Health Service now operates under<br />
the DHS Small Rural Health Services program and provides a<br />
comprehensive range of primary care services. Following<br />
extensive expansion and refurbishment during 2003 and<br />
officially opened in April 2004, it also now accommodates 20<br />
acute beds and 15 high and 15 low aged care beds.<br />
In 2004 Yarram and District Health Service assumed<br />
management of a 30 bed aged care hostel, Crossley House,<br />
adjacent to the Health Service.<br />
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Yarram and District Health Service <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2006</strong>