Womens Health Business Case Report

3.3.2.3 SCENARIO 3 – Expand and enhance activities and service levels for the Women’s Health Program to address unmet need, population growth and emerging local health issues identified by each Women’s Health Centre Scenario 3 envisages an increased investment in the Women’s Health Program which would enable Women’s Health Centres to sustainably expand and/or enhance service delivery in their local area, where a need has been identified. Scenario 3 estimates reflect demographic trends and both acute and emerging needs reported by each Women’s Health Centre based on, for example: current waitlists for counselling appointments, numbers of women turned away from services, identified gaps in availability of local services, emerging demographic trends and population growth, and increases in the complexity of presenting health issues. Modelling for this scenario applies the standardised sustainability assumptions to this proposed expanded and/or enhanced level of activity and desired outcomes for the Women’s Health Program. 3.3.2.3.1 Scenario 3 – Proposed Investment Scenario 3, applied across the entire Women’s Health Program, would require a total investment of approximately $30.86 million in 2023-24. Applying indexation of 5% to both modelled costs, and the existing Women’s Health Program grant, Scenario 3 proposes an increase in recurrent program funding of $19.74 million in 2023-24, which would bring the total annual Women’s Health Program grant to $30.86 million. Subject to negotiation with Local Health Districts, this level of investment would enable Women’s Health Centres to sustainably expand service delivery in response to acute and emerging needs, and population growth in their local communities. Cost benefit modelling estimates that this investment would result in a minimum of $56.4 million in avoided costs for NSW Government in 2023-24, representing a return on investment of approximately 83%. Scenario 3 modelling for the Women’s Health Program at 2023-24 rates is shown below. Our modelling assumes that indexation would be determined annually by the NSW Government and NSW Health, and applied to each of the forward years as per standard funding arrangements.

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Sustainable Investment in the NSWNGOWomen’s Health Program