COPHE SERVICES

COPHE can assist you in understanding how the primary health care system works while exploring innovative alternative models of primary health care delivery and funding. We can also assist you in analysing the sustainability of your current health practice.

We offer the opportunity for you to discuss your initial ideas with us, and receive some early advice as a free service.

COPHE has several streams of services it can offer:

• Enabling NGOs to build a primary health care capacity, especially utilising Medicare funding

• Assisting local level integration of primary and mental health care

• Service planning and reviews

• Primary health service planning

• Financial and business analysis of medical practices

• development of budgets for new services

• overall financial and business analysis of organisations’ operations

Additionally we can provide:

• Staff and Board training about how the primary health care system works and its public and private funding mechanisms

• Exploring innovative alternative models of primary health care delivery and funding

• Undertaking feasibility studies for development of new services or integration of services

• Strategic Planning

• Consulting with local stakeholders or potential partners

• Governance training including policy and reporting reviews

• Facilitating and implementing change management processes

• Improving capacity to engage effectively with consumers, carers and communities

• Development of public private partnership plans for infrastructure and service delivery

• Better integration of primary and mental health sectors