With the ink still drying on our five-year strategic plan (2022 - 2027) we are now shifting gears to implementation. For many organisations, operationalising their strategic plan can be a daunting process. For us, we are keeping things as simple as humanly possible and being guided by 5 principles to help us get out of the blocks.

Our 5 year strategic plan is now ‘live’, which we are stoked about. To get things underway we’re focussing on establishing three ‘implementation enablers’ and commencing a number of key actions aligned to our three focus areas: capability, culture and contribution. 

Co-design is quite topical in the health and social services sectors and there can be some confusion about what co-design is, and probably more so what it isn’t and what is involved in a true co-design process.  Actually breaking down the word ‘co-design’ can help to develop a clear understanding of what it is.

If you were to scan various sources of literature about strategic planning processes you will see slight variations to what we present here, however, a good and comprehensive strategic planning process will generally follow the process phases that we outline here. 

In this blog, we are going to explore what a completed strategic plan looks like. We’ll cover each of the major components and explore what information is included in each. The following blog can be used as a template for developing your strategic plan.

The content in this blog has been designed to provide you with an understanding of what strategic planning is. We would like to preface that this content is introductory in nature and aims to support the development of a foundational understanding of strategic planning. 

Primary Health Networks exist to streamline health services, particularly for those at risk of poor health outcomes and to better coordinate care so people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. Given this, there is a great deal to learn from each other about how community members who are socioeconomically disadvantaged access, navigate and experience the health system.

In part two, we’re moving on and sharing some insights from two recently completed co-design projects our team has undertaken into two separate health system areas where consistent themes on health and financial exclusion have emerged

In February this year, Beacon Strategies Director, Elliot Parkinson attended a Financial Inclusion conference and presented on the regional barriers to financial inclusion and health. The contents of this presentation have now been transformed into the following two-part blog series about financial inclusion and its connection to the concept of health equity.