Who and what are we? The province mandated with the amalgamation
of the health boards that they institute health councils to liaise
between the boards and the public. Some areas already had health
councils in place but the Central Peace area did not. We began our work
approximately 4 years ago and the take off point was from the municipal
councils. For that reason we are set up as one elected and one at large
member from each municipality in the Central Peace. Our first
undertaking was the recruitment of doctors as there was probability at
that time we would be down to only two doctors or less. This consumed
our first year and we were successful in our recruitment efforts. Since
then we have moved on to our main purpose which is to bring forward
community health concerns to Peace Country Health(PCH) and relay back
to the community the directions the health region is moving to as well
as issues and improvements to health care. We are not here to operate
the hospital or relay personal issues people have had with health care
in our region. We are to be aware of the procedure they need to take to
address those issues for themselves and pass that information on to
them. Our work plan developed last year included three issues in
particular we wanted to pursue which were a Volunteen program in our
area, awareness of mental health issues, and acute care/long term care
bed shortages.
Some of the issues we have been involved in with lobbying efforts and
raising awareness in are patient discharge improvements, Men at Risk
program, rural health care funding formula inequities, getting a new
regional hospital in Grande Prairie, and a lack or rural mental health
care. Some of our accomplishments are better blood donor clinic
advertising, participation in the Community Health Assessment, and
medical staff recruitment and retention. Our group has had excellent
attendance of the PCH Community Health Councils Forum and Strategic
Planning sessions.
We welcome our new members to health council and if you have any questions please ask any of us and we will be happy to help.
CENTRAL PEACE
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL
AGENDA & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 10/10 @ RYCROFT VILLAGE OFFICE @ 7:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER
ADDITIONS/APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
OLD BUSINESS
1. CLINIC LAND ACQUISITION
2. CENTRAL PEACE HOSPITAL UPDATE HELEN POPSON
NEW BUSINESS
1. ORIENTATION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS
a. CPCHC'S MANDATE & ROLE HISTORICAL & CURRENT
b. BOARD MEMBERSHIP & GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF CPCHC
c. PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CPCHC
d. PAST MINUTES
2. UPDATED BOARD CONTACTS LISTING/PERMISSION TO POST ON CPHC WEBSITE (www.centralpeacecommunityhealthcouncil.org)
3. DEVELOP 1-2 PAGE BOARD POLICY & MISSION STATEMENT (QUICK REFERENCE TOOL)
4. ROTATION OF BOARD MEMBERS AT LARGE DISCUSSION INVITATIONAL LETTERS OF INTEREST?
5. CPCHC PUBLIC INFO & AWARENESS ARTICLES
IN PAPER/LETTER TO MUNICIPALITIES/INVITATIONAL LETTERS OF
INTEREST/WEBSITE
6. 2010 WORK PLAN ITEMS TO PURSUE
a. Mental Health Services (2009)?
b. Volunteerism (2009)?
c. Others 2010
7. PEACE HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT (FORMERLY HAC ZONE 2) - JUDY/EVELYN
a. Next Meeting in Spirit River Jan.20/11 6:00 pm
b. CPCHC Priority Issues to Present to Provincial Board?
GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR CHAIR, VICE-CHAIR, SECRETARY
DISCUSSIONS
ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting Where & When?