Plans and Reports

Below you can view the key plans and reports for our organisation. 

Corporate Reports

Health Profile

• Regional Health Profile 2015 (pdf, 1.7mb)

Annual Reports

• Annual Report 2019 (pdf, 10.8mb)
• Annual Report 2018 (pdf, 10.2mb)
• Annual Report 2017 (pdf, 8.7mb)
• Annual Report 2016 (pdf, 3.3mb)

Highlights Reports

• Highlights Report 2018 (pdf, 9.65 mb)
• Highlights Report 2017 (pdf, 11.5mb)
• Highlights Report 2016 (pdf, 2.5mb)

Strategic Plan

• Strategic Plan 2019 - 2024 (pdf, 675kb)

Activity Plans

• Updated Activity Work Plan 2018-2019: Core Operational and Flexible Funding (pdf, 668 kb)
• Updated Activity Work Plan 2016-2019: Primary Mental Health Care Funding (pdf, 626kb)
• Updated Activity Work Plan 2016-2019: Drug and Alcohol Treatment (pdf)
• Innovation Activity Proposal 2016-2018 (pdf)
• Integrated Team Care Activity Work Plan 2018-19 (pdf, 435kb)

Needs Assessments

• Nepean Blue Mountains 2018 Needs Assessment Regional Summary (pdf, 477kb)
• Nepean Blue Mountains Needs Assessment 2018 (5.1mb)
• Core Needs Assessment 2017 (pdf, 1.4mb)
• Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Needs Assessment 2017 (pdf, 1.2mb)
• AOD Needs Assessment 2017 (pdf, 1.1mb)
• Nepean Blue Mountains Needs Assessment 2016/2017 (pdf, 9.9mb)
• Regional Needs Assessment 2016 (pdf, 1.3mb)
• AOD Needs Assessment 2016 (pdf, 978kb) 
• Comprehensive Needs Assessment Report 2014-15 (pdf, 319kb)

Reconciliation Action Plan

• RAP 2018-2020 (pdf, 7.9mb)

Disaster Management Guide

• Planning for Disaster Management (pdf, 4.2mb)

Research and Evaluation

• Addressing the Needs of Syrian and Iraqi Refugees in the Nepean Blue Mountains Region. A Formative Assessment of Health and Community Services Needs (pdf, 6.2mb)
• Evaluating Blue Mountains Cancer Help (BMCH) Model of Care 2013-2014 (pdf, 888kb)
• Realisation of a joint consumer engagement strategy in the Nepean Blue Mountains region, by Ilse Blignault, Diana Aspinall, Lizz Reay and Kay Hyman. Australian Journal of Primary Health. Published online 15 February 2017 
• Beyond diagnosis and survivorship: findings from a mixed-methods study of a community-based cancer support service. Ilse Blignault, Louise McDonnell, Diana Aspinall, Robyn Yates and Jennifer Reath. Australian Journal of Primary Health 23(4) 391-396. Published: 18 May 2017 

Aboriginal Sharing and Learning Circle Reports

• Sharing and Learning Circle Summary (pdf, 3.3mb)
• Penrith Sharing and Learning Circle Report (pdf, 1.5mb)
• Blue Mountains Sharing and Learning Circle Report (pdf, 1.7mb)
• Hawkesbury Sharing and Learning Circle Report (pdf, 1.4mb)
• Lithgow Sharing and Learning Circle Report (pdf, 1.8mb)

Regional Data Summaries

Regional data summaries to inform local Quality Improvement initiatives:

• Uses of EDs for Presentations Assesed as Lower Urgency 2018 (pdf, 416kb)
• Viral Hepatitis Mapping Report (pdf, 599kb)
• Third Atlas of Healthcare Variation Summary (pdf, 1.1mb)
• No Second Chances Report: Controlling Risk in Cardiovascular Disease 2019 (pdf, 607kb)
• Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations in Australia by small geographic areas 2019 (pdf, 475kb)
• Reporting for Better Cancer Outcomes Performance Report 2018 (pdf, 499kb)

External Reports

Other reports that are relevant to our region:

National Health Reports

• Australia's Health 2016 - AIHW
• Australia's Health 2018 - AIHW
• Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation