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Diagnostic Services .................................................................................................................................... 12 Pathology Services ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Community Use of Telephone Triage Services After Hours ...................................................................... 12 After Hours GP Helpline Data (8)............................................................................................................... 14 Nurse On Call (Victoria) ............................................................................................................................. 15 Westvic After Hours Health Advice Service (WAHS).................................................................................. 15 Community Views - After Hours Health Care ............................................................................................ 16 Works Cited ................................................................................................................................................... 19 Acronyms: AGPH – After Hours GP Helpline BHS – Ballarat Health Service CMC – Clarendon Medical Centre ED – Emergency Department GP – General Practitioner HACC – Home and Community Care HARP – Hospital Admissions Risk Program MDHS – Maryborough District Health Services NC – Nightingale Clinic NOC – Nurse On Call RACF – Residential Aged Care Facility TAFE – Technical And Further Education UCC – Urgent Care Centre WAHS – Westvic After Hours Service Page | 2
Community Overview Central Goldfields Shire is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Victoria. Central Goldfields Shire is located in central Victoria, one hour’s drive from the regional cities of Ballarat and Bendigo and two hour’s drive north west of Melbourne. Originally a gold mining area, the shire has developed on the back of agricultural industry. The main activities are cropping and sheep farming. Maryborough, the principal town in the shire, is a manufacturing centre. The main industries include meat and meat product manufacturing, other food manufacturing, printing & services to printing, agriculture. The municipality includes the localities of Adelaide Lead, Alma, Amherst, Archdale, Archdale Junction, Bealiba, Bet Bet, Betley, Bowenvale, Bromley, Bung Bong, Campbelltown, Caralulup, Carisbrook, Cotswold, Craigie, Daisy Hill, Dunach, Dunluce, Dunolly, Eddington, Flagstaff, Glengower, Golden Point, Goldsborough, Havelock, Inkerman, Joyces Creek, Lillicur, Majorca, Maryborough, Moliagul, Moolort, Moonlight Flat, Mount Cameron, Mount Glasgow, Mount Hooghly, Natte Yallock, Primrose Hill, Rathscar, Rodborough, Simson, Stony Creek, Strathlea, Talbot, Timor and Wareek (1) It has an area of 1,536 square kilometres. In 2011 it had a population of 12,498. (2) Population Profile (3) Male Female Total Total Residents 6202 6296 12498 Indigenous persons: Aboriginal 67 55 122 Torres Strait Islander 4 11 15 Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander(a) 3 4 7 Total 74 70 144 Birthplace: Australia 5,349 5,458 10,807 Elsewhere(b) 522 535 1,057 Language spoken at home: English only 5,835 5,974 11,809 Other language(c) 114 117 231 Central Goldfields Health and Wellbeing Indicators (1) Self-Reported Health was measured in the 2007 CIV Survey. Respondents were asked to rate their health as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor. 45.9% of persons living within Central Goldfields reported that their health was either excellent or very good as compared to 55% in the Loddon Mallee Region and the Victorian State average of 54.3%. Community Connection was measured in the 2011 VicHealth Survey. Respondents were asked to rate their satisfaction with feeling part of their community and answers are presented according to a 0-100 range. Normative data from the AUWBI indicates that the average Community Connection score for Page | 3
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