Annual Report - Northern Health

Corporate InformationGeneral InformationNorthern Health was established in July 2000 under the Health Services (Governance& Accountability) Act 2004 and under the auspices of the Minister for Health, theHon. David Davis. It provides a wide range of healthcare services to a catchment ofapproximately 500,000 people living in Melbourne’s middle to outer northern suburbsand the semi-rural regions beyond the urban fringe.Northern Health comprises:• Broadmeadows Health Service• Bundoora Extended Care Centre• Craigieburn Health Service• Panch Health Service• The Northern HospitalConsultanciesDetails of Consultancy fees exceeding $10,000Consultant Purpose of consultancy Start date End date Total project fee 2012 Exp. CommitmentsLoss Prevention Infrastructure project Oct-11 May-12 $44,000 $36,000 $8,000Group of AustraliaLoss Prevention Once off investigation Sep-11 Sep-11 - $7,854 0Group of AustraliaFenton Strategic Communication review Feb-12 May-12 $42,800 $42,800 0Communications& development ofstrategic communicationframeworkRaw Fire Safety Engineering Regulatory 5 year Jul’11 Feb-12 $15,000 $15,000 0Fire AuditsDLA Piper Facilitation of strategic May-12 May-12 $14,000 $14,000 0planningJ&D Dixon Preparation of Aug-11 Dec-11 $13,600 $13,600 0Engineering AssetManagement PlanSIAG Industrial Relations - - - $32,000 0& HR adviceMerat Architects Architectural services - - - $27,290 0VariousStructured Credit Research Investment research - - - $11,000 0& AdvisoryMidnight Sky HR matters including - - - $13,075 0ongoing personalityassessments &coachingHarcroft Consulting Group Counselling psychologist - - - $24,719 0numerous one-off sessionsAmounts below $10,000In 2011-12 Northern Health engaged 33 consultancies where the total fees payable to theconsultants were less than $10,000, with a total expenditure of $63,533 (excl. GST).$237,33811/12 Northern Health annual report 43