Fact Sheet

Medicine Specialties

Medicine specialties will be provided by general and subject to further planning. specialist teams in and community settings. The Presentations to the will be avoided scope and complexity of specialist services at each site will wherever possible. Rapid assessment options will enable early align with the resources and support services available to specialist assessment of acute medical conditions. ensure safe and efficient care. Referral pathways will be promoted to general practice and People living in WSLHD will have access to the full range of other health professionals. medicine services through networking arrangements: Models of care for specialist outreach services in community  Blacktown and Westmead will provide settings will evolve to provide care closer to where people live, specialist diagnostic and treatment services for patients when appropriate. Streamlined care of patients as they who need complex care transition to different care settings will be emphasised.  will also provide subspecialty tertiary and quaternary services for patients with the Recommendations for medicine specialties: most complex health care needs, including some statewide roles  Involve the community, consumers and carers in the planning, design and evaluation of services  Blacktown and Westmead hospitals will support Mount Druittand Auburn hospitals respectively  Collaborate with WSLHD community health services and through onsite or virtual health consultations for external partners to embed sustainable improvements specialist services in the transfer of care between community and hospital care, and minimise potentially preventable hospital  Networking with St Joseph’s Hospital will continue for admissions rehabilitation and palliative care services  Work with Western Primary Health Network to  Services will be provided in home and community improve access to skilled and experienced primary care settings, and in partnership with non-government providers (in and after hours), and increase the organisations information about specialist services that is available on  Services at the proposed Rouse Hill health facility are the HealthPathways Western Sydney portal

For more information contact Health Services Planning and Development [email protected] HPRM: 16/66714 WSLHD Health Services Plan to 2026 summary sheet_ Medicine specialties

Medicine Specialties continued

including relocation of the chest clinic onto the Westmead Precinct  Work more closely with general practitioners to support implementation of the Patient Centred Medical Home  Expand shared care with general practitioners for model www.wentwest.com.au/phn/programs/pcm patients with hepatitis and HIV

 Promote opportunities to engage community members  Increase the number of people with complex, and consumers in health promotion and self- long term conditions who are supported through management activities and improve their health literacy integrated care programs

 Enhance how medicine services are delivered to improve  Expand capacity to manage frail, older people in patient care experiences and outcomes: the community and in outpatient settings

 Strengthen networking arrangements within and  Expand the availability of Aboriginal-identified between WSLHD hospitals for specialty services staff in services with larger numbers of Aboriginal people  Progress development of comprehensive care centre models for Westmead Hospital and  Expand capacity for managing patients with acute Blacktown hospitals drug health conditions at Westmead and Blacktown hospitals  Explore and expand hospital based outpatient, day stay and short stay models including day stay  Explore development of an inpatient (overnight) models for the proposed Westmead Precinct sleep medicine service at medihotel  Explore potential expansion of the regional  Explore nurse-led models for components of network for kidney and pancreas transplants some specialties  Create innovative and adaptable health care  Expand acute and sub-acute care models that environments including more spaces for outpatient provide care closer to where people live, clinics and day procedures at Westmead and Blacktown including outreach services hospitals, and explore potential development of a palliative care hub at  Implement NSW -wide service improvement initiatives including Leading Better  Harness new technologies and research to advance Value Care and Whole of Health Program regional, state and national roles in providing complex tertiary and quaternary services and the rapid  Develop virtual health models to support translation of precision medicine developments. networking and self-management

 Develop and implement a tumour programs approach for cancer care

 Further develop and implement the pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) model of care for WSLHD

For more information contact Health Services Planning and Development [email protected] HPRM: 16/66714 WSLHD Health Services Plan to 2026 summary sheet_ Medicine specialties