To improve the health and wellbeing of the Cockburn population by providing coordinated multi-disciplinary primary health care services that are responsive to the needs and priorities of the local community.
This will be achieved through meeting the following organisational objectives:
- Alleviate sickness, suffering, distress, disability and helplessness of medically, socially and financially disadvantaged people in an around the Cockburn region through the provision of health and medical related services and education;
- Provide integrated multidisciplinary, culturally appropriate patient centered care supporting patients with a range of health services wherever possible;
- Support and encourage preventative care, including promotion of health, lifestyles, addressing risk factors, lifestyle modification, improving early detection and management of chronic disease;
- Provide education and training opportunities in health services;
- Integrate existing local programs and State initiatives, demonstrating enhanced coordination with other health services, local needs and priorities of the community;
- Encourage cooperation with health related partnerships, organisations and community groups to improve health services and outcomes in the Cockburn region and promote better health for the community;
- Address health inequality across persons in the Cockburn region and respond to the needs of disadvantaged persons in the region;
- Engage with the community in relation to the quality, availability, accessibility and provision of health services in the Cockburn region;
- Invest in research initiatives and programs focused on local health issues and prevention and management of chronic health conditions; and
- Generally provide direct relief of poverty, sickness, suffering distress, misfortune, disability, destitution or helplessness as arouses compassion in the community.