ALPINE HEALTH 14 Annual Report
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ALPINE HEALTH www.alpine he alth.org.au 14th Annual Report 2009-2010 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS Alpine Health 30 O’Donnell Avenue PO Box 236 Myrtleford Vic 3736 Telephone: 03 5751 9300 Facsimile: 03 5751 9396 Website: www.alpinehealth.org.au SOLICITORS DLA Phillips Fox 140 William Street Melbourne Vic 3001 Health Legal Level 1, 499 St Kilda Road Melbourne AUDITORS Victorian Auditor-General Auditor-General’s Agent Mr T Frazer -WHK Albury BANKER National Australia Bank Annual Report of Operations 09-10.doc Page 1 of 23 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................. 3 DISCLOSURE INDEX..........................................................................................................................................7 POLICY STATEMENT......................................................................................................................................... 9 STATEMENTS OF COMPLIANCE ..................................................................................................................... 9 ALPINE HEALTH SERVICES ........................................................................................................................... 10 NUMBER OF STAFF..........................................................................................................................................10 AVERAGE COLLECTION DAYS ..................................................................................................................... 10 DEBTORS OUTSTANDING AS AT 30 JUNE ..................................................................................................10 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................ 11 MEETINGS ATTENDED BY BOARD OF MANAGEMENT ..........................................................................11 EXECUTIVE STAFF........................................................................................................................................... 12 VISITING MEDICAL OFFICERS:..................................................................................................................... 12 HOSPITAL OPPORTUNITY SHOP REPORTS................................................................................................. 13 ORGANISATIONAL CHART............................................................................................................................ 14 AWARDS.............................................................................................................................................................15 SCHOLARSHIPS ................................................................................................................................................ 15 COMMUNITY SUPPORT 2009-2010................................................................................................................ 17 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2009-2010 ............................................................................................................. 18 SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS........................................................................................................... 19 SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR LAST FIVE YEARS ...............................................................20 BUDGET ANALYSIS FOR YEAR ENDING 30 JUNE 2010............................................................................ 20 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (FRD 22B APPENDIX)................................................................................. 21 ACTIVITY........................................................................................................................................................... 21 Alpine Health Annual Report 2009-2010 Page 2 of 23 INTRODUCTION Chair’s Report since 2002. We expect that the financial On behalf of the Board of Management and in pressures will continue, and the Board is accordance with the Financial Management Act considering further strategies to protect the 1994, I am pleased to present the Report of security of Alpine Health’s services into the Operations for Alpine Health for the year ending future. These strategies are outlined in Alpine 30 June 2010. Health’s fifth Service Plan (2010-14), and include the possibility of further mergers and This financial year has been a challenging and amalgamations of existing services, as well as difficult time for Alpine Health. Our revenue implementation of new services that have clear base improved overall during the year with sources of revenue, such as medical and nurse increased income from inpatient and outpatient training. fees. Grants from the State government increased while grants from the Commonwealth During the course of these disruptions, the remained at similar levels to the last financial commitment and dedication of staff members, year. Costs continued to rise in line with the volunteers and Board members have made it previous financial year, and we again possible for Alpine Health to deliver high quality experienced real cost pressures arising from the services to the community while continuing to 2007 Nurses Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. implement our Service Plan. We were also able As a result it became necessary to develop and to review and update all of our disaster planning implement a plan to rebalance our costs with our processes during this period, in preparation for income. A number of cost-cutting measures an uncertain future. were initiated in October and November 2009, and I am pleased to say that these brought the There were a number of other highlights during 2009/10 operating budget and the actual financial the year that I wish to particularly mention. result much closer to our target of zero deficit. New and Improved Services The recovery plan was developed in accordance I am particularly pleased to report that our fifth with Alpine Health’s Service Plan. This was to Service Plan has been endorsed by the Victorian ensure that our front line services would remain Department of Health (formerly the Department secure. The three major components of the plan of Human Services) and the Commonwealth comprised a restructuring of Alpine Health’s Department of Health and Aged Care, with administration and senior management; the approval being extended from three to five years. contracting out of allied health services and the This provides Alpine Health with a longer period establishment of infrastructure relationships with to develop new services with a strong Goulburn Valley Health and North East Health foundation. We look forward to working with in Wangaratta. We are expecting this recovery the two departments on the implementation of plan to return the organization to a surplus our plan, and at an early stage, to discussing new position early in the 2010/2011 financial year, investments consistent with Alpine Health’s fifth although this will be very dependent on how an Service Plan. ongoing issue of the funding formula for the 2010 rounds of enterprise bargaining is resolved. A significant proportion of service development We are currently working with the Department this year was planned, led and delivered by of Health on this matter, and we remain positive volunteers, and it has been gratifying to see such that the problems that Alpine Health has with the strong support of volunteerism re-emerging in funding base and formulae for allocating money our communities. This has enabled the Board to meet increased salary costs can be settled. and staff members to think differently about Alpine Health’s role in the community, and for Our experience of the last two financial years us to have a dual role of provider of needs-based have clearly shown how vulnerable Alpine community services while also supporting Health is to changes in the wider economic, community based service delivery. financial and social environment. The value of planning for the future has been clearly As a consequence of this expanded role we have vindicated: the components of the 2009 financial seen the establishment of an Autism Spectrum recovery plan had its basis in our Service Plans Disorder Support Group in the Alpine Shire, the Alpine Health Annual Report 2009-2010 Page 3 of 23 consolidation of Men’s Sheds in Bright and new management system for aged care, which Myrtleford, the advancement of work to establish will continue over the next year. an Aged Care advocacy service and a commitment to ‘Cancer Connect’ by our Cancer With the support of the Board, Alpine Health Support Groups. New services also include Life took a leadership role in a national approach to Transition Planning (future care planning) and an negotiating the rejuvenation of the Multi-Purpose agreement with the Dinner Plain community to Services program with the Commonwealth establish a community-based first aid service to government, as part of the reform of the meet identified needs. Australian health care system. The Board is monitoring and evaluating the potential impact of A draft discussion paper on the development of this reform process on Alpine Health, and we integrated family violence services in the Alpine will continue our advocacy of the MPS concept Shire was developed, as well as a new plan for for regional and rural communities in 2010-11. securing Adult Leisure Group services in the We were pleased to see an announcement from Bright community and a Sustaining General