Mission Statement KBPCP is committed to providing leadership in building better health and well being through collaborative coordination and planning for an effective service system.

 

What is the Kingston Bayside PCP?
The Victorian State Government, as part of the Primary Care Partnership Strategy, has funded 31 Primary Care Partnerships. Each Primary Care Partnership represents a specific region within Victoria and is formed by voluntary alliances with a range of service providers. These service providers are also referred to as Primary Care Partnership Members.

Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership Members include, community health centres, health and nursing services, local government authorities, Divisions of General Practice, universities, schools, sporting clubs, churches, charities, and other government and non-government organisations.

 

Primary Care Partnership Members sign a Partnering Agreement. The Agreement is a non-binding legal document that outlines a level of agreement and assists in setting expectations for the partner relationship and details the individual commitments by members to participate in partnership initiatives.

The main motivation for service providers to become PCP members is to improve relationships and achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes for the community.

 

PCP Strategy
The Victorian Government firmly believes in a stronger role for the PCP Strategy as an effective means for strengthening the primary health care sector. Building a more effective primary health care system for Victoria remains a key government commitment, which it will continue to pursue in partnership with the sector. The following strategic priorities aim to deliver better health outcomes and stronger communities for all Victorians:

 

•	Partnership Development
•	Integrated Health Promotion
•	Service Coordination
•	Integrated Chronic Disease Management

 

The Primary Care Partnership (PCP) Strategy encourages member agencies to work together to develop a stronger, more integrated community based health and community service sector.

 

The Primary Care Partnership Strategy aims to improve the overall health and wellbeing of Victorians by:

 

•	Improving the experience and outcomes for people who use primary care services
•	Reducing the preventable use of hospital, medical and residential services through a greater emphasis on health promotion programs and by responding to the early signs of disease and/or people's need for support.

 

Services have come together to look at the way they work, reducing duplicated practices while increasing understanding of referral pathways and how to improve service coordination and deliver better integrated health promotion (IHP) practice.