New Staff Provided Across Victoria to Improve Indigenous Health
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, said an additional 38 health staff are being funded across Victoria this financial year, to help close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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18 February 2011
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, said an additional 38 health staff are being funded across Victoria this financial year, to help close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The boost to Victoria’s Indigenous health workforce will benefit 28 Victorian health services and is part of the Australian Government’s $805.5 million Indigenous Chronic Disease Package.
Mr Snowdon made the announcement while on a visit to the Bunurong Health Service, south of Melbourne, to meet five new staff being provided under the package.
“This Aboriginal Medical Service is receiving an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander outreach worker, a regional tobacco coordinator, a tobacco action worker and two healthy lifestyle workers.
“These are just five of 38 staff that will be employed across Victoria this year (see full list of organisations in table attached). This is a significant boost to Victorian workforce that will help local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people get timely access to the health services they need.
“We know that too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are dying and some of the biggest contributors are cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases. Smoking alone accounts for around 20 per cent of all Indigenous deaths.
"The Australian Government’s Chronic Disease package is helping address these issues, and a key part of that is boosting the local health workforce.
“The Tackling Smoking and Healthy Lifestyle teams across Victoria will work to raise awareness of the health impacts of tobacco smoking and chronic disease in Indigenous communities, to promote and encourage positive and healthy lifestyles, quitting and smoke-free environments,” Mr Snowdon said.
“The new outreach workers will work with the local community to assist them to obtain access to health services and follow-up care, specialist services and community pharmacies,” Mr Snowdon said.
A full list of organisations is attached in a separate table.
For more information contact Mr Snowdon’s office (02) 6277 7820
List of Victorian organisations with new Chronic Disease workforce
| Organisation | Type of position |
|---|---|
| East Gippsland Division of General Practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Project Officer | |
| Gippsland and East Gippsland Cooperative | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Allied Health Professional | |
| Ballarat & District Division of General Practice | Project Officer |
| Central Victoria General Practice Network | Project Officer |
| Western Suburbs Indigenous Gathering Place (Werribee site) | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| North West Melbourne Division of General Practice | Project Officer |
| Otway Division of General Practice | Project Officer |
| General Practice Victoria (SBO) | Project Officer |
| Murray Plains Division of General Practice | Project Officer |
| Dandenong & District Aboriginal Cooperative | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Healthy Lifestyle Workers (2 positions) | |
| Regional Tobacco Coordinator | |
| Tobacco Action Worker | |
| Dandenong Casey General Practice Association | Project Officer |
| Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation | Project Officer |
| Peninsula GP Network | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Project Officer | |
| General Practice Association of Geelong | Project Officer |
| Central Highlands General Practice Network | Project Officer |
| Winda Mara Aboriginal Corporation | Practice Manager |
| Westgate General Practice Network | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Project Officer | |
| Eastern Ranges GP Association | Project Officer |
| Mallee Division of General Practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Project Officer | |
| Mildura Aboriginal Corporation Inc | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Healthy Lifestyle Worker (2 positions) | |
| Regional Tobacco Coordinator | |
| Tobacco Action Worker\ | |
| Central West Gippsland Division of General Practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Project Officer | |
| Northern Division of General Practice - Melbourne | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Project Officer | |
| Murray Valley Aboriginal Corporation | Practice Manager</em>] |
| Goulburn Valley Division of General Practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Project Officer | |
| Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Limited | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| North East Valley Division of General Practice | Project Officer |
| Albury Wodonga Regional GP Network | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker |
| Project Officer | |
| Pivotwest | Project Officer |
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