The Weekly Advertiser – Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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MOVING AND SHAKING: Horsham Zumba instructor Ellie Rook leads St Brigid’s College students through a Latin-inspired dance-fitness routine during a lesson in the school’s gym. The Zumba session was designed to promote student health and wellbeing and Ellie also addressed a VCE business class. Story, page 5. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

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BY DEAN LAWSON

eaders overseeing newly formed Grampians Health have stressed Wimmera service and workforce consolidation and expansion sit at the core of the entity’s direction and planning. New management board chair Bill Brown and interim chief executive Dale Fraser were adamant on Monday that the formation of Grampians Health meant ‘more services for people closer to home’. They dismissed suggestions the new body, formed from a merger between Wimmera Health Care Group, Stawell Regional Health and Edenhope and

District Memorial Hospital with Ballarat Health Services, represented a rationalistic approach to western Victorian service provision. They instead insisted that, based on a larger operating base, it would open the door for greater service growth and provision across a broader area of western Victoria. Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley gave the controversial voluntary merger approval to proceed last week and Grampians Health came into effect on Monday. Mr Foley said the merger followed 18 months of ‘detailed work, including extensive community and staff consultation across all health services

and communities’, and would lead to better health outcomes in western Victoria. “Patients from each of the services will continue to be able to access quality care from their local facility, with no loss of services,” he said. “There will be no reductions in staffing levels and staff will continue to work when and where they work today unless they wish to change. “The integration will provide local communities with greater access to clinical expertise and options for care closer to home and help safeguard and nurture the career paths of their valued staff.” Mr Fraser, Ballarat Health Services

chief executive and originally from Horsham, has the role of interim chief executive for the next six months. He will work alongside Catherine Morley, Wimmera Health Care Group, Andrew Saunders, Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, and Kate Pryde, Stawell Regional Health. Warrnambool resident Bill Brown is independent chair of the new health board. Mr Brown said in a gathering at Wimmera Base Hospital the launch of the health service was a great day for the region. “Everything we will be directing our minds and attention to is the growth of services to better service the commu-

nities that are in our coverage area,” he said. “The new board will be meeting in weeks, if not days, and we’ll immediately start planning – not just in relation to a senior executive team but also to reassure our staff that nothing has changed. “We’ll then start to change the clinical service model we want for the next five to 10-plus years. “The clinical service process will start very quickly, along with a strategic planning process. Both processes will involve engagement with our communities. We invite our communities to share ideas and to get involved.” Continued page 3

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