Womens Health Business Case Report

KEY PROPOSAL DETAILS

Proposal Information Proposal name

Sustainable Investment in NSWWomen’s Health Centres for the Women’s Health Program

Lead proponent (e.g. Council)

Women’s Health NSW Inc.

Lead proponent ABN

51 392 627 790

Proposal partners

Women’s Centre for Health and Well-being Albury-Wodonga Bankstown Women’s Health Centre Blacktown Women’s & Girls Health Centre Inc

Blue Mountains Women’s Health and Resource Centre Central Coast Community Women’s Health Centre Ltd Central West Women’s Health Centre Incorporated GenHealth Incorporated (t/a Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre) Cumberland Women’s Health Centre Fairfield Women’s Health (jointly auspiced by Bankstown Women’s Health Centre and Liverpool Women’s Health Centre) Hunter Region Women’s Working Group Ltd (t/a Hunter Women’s Centre) Illawarra Women’s Health Centre

Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre Incorporated Northern Rivers Women and Children’s Services Incorporated (t/a Lismore Women’s Health and Resource Centre)

Liverpool Women’s Health Centre Penrith Women’s Health Centre Shoalhaven Women’s Health Centre Wagga Women’s Health Centre W.I.L.M.A Women’s Health Centre

Southern Sydney Women’s Therapy Centre Inc (t/a Sydney Women’s Counselling Centre) South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation (t/a Waminda)

Lead Contact Name

Denele Crozier

Position

Chief Executive Officer

Phone

0414 780 417

Email

denele@whnsw.asn.au

Address

PO Box 341, Leichhardt, NSW, 2040

Proposal Scope Proposal summary for publication

Women’s Health Centres have been providing a unique model of integrated, accessible, community-based health care to women and children across NSW for more than 40 years.

The Women’s Health Program grant provided by NSW Health - currently $10.56 million per annum - has not seen a real increase since 1986, despite major economic and social changes, and structural adjustments in the health sector over this period. As a result, the funding structure and resourcing for the Women’s Health Program currently reflects the expectations for a 1980’s era community-based health service. Women’s Health Centres urgently require additional investment to sustain their skilled workforce and continue providing a contemporary community-based health service for women. The critical investment in the Women’s Health Program presented in this business case will yield health, social and economic benefits for women and children in NSW for years to come.

Proposal Location Proposal address

See APPENDIX B (Supplementary Publication)

Local government area

See APPENDIX B (Supplementary Publication)

NSW electorate

See APPENDIX B (Supplementary Publication)

Federal electorate

See APPENDIX B (Supplementary Publication)

Supporting Information Attachments

Supplementary Publication - APPENDIX B: Detailed Proposal Costings for Individual Women’s Health Centres’ Women’s Health Program

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Women’s Health NSW – October 2022