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Governance

Contact:

Name:	Dr Pas Cocchiaro	Name:	Dr Peter Del Fante
Position:	Chairman	Position:	Chief Executive Officer
Email:	pas@midwesthealth.com.au	Email:	peter.delfante@awgpn.org.au
Phone:	08 8244 3822	Phone:	08 8244 3822
Fax:	08 8243 0260	Fax:	08 8243 0260

Financial, Compliance and Risk Management | Effective External Engagement | Board members

The Network's strategic directions are appropriately aligned with local community health priorities. Strong relationships and linkages in regards to community health planning need to be developed with other health care service providers to ensure programs have community relevance and greater impact.

Financial, Compliance and Risk Management

Aim: to ensure sound financial management, compliance with all legal and contractual requirements and mitigation of identified risks. 

Sound financial management ensures a high standard of accountability and ensures the appropriate management of the program, including improving accountability and transparency of public funding and ensuring funding is used for the purposes for which it is provided.  Sound compliance and risk management contributes to the effective management of the organisation's resources, assets and liabilities to protect its board, management and staff and enables the organisation to achieve its optimal outcomes.

The Network develops a financial model and plan for the long term viability of the organisation so that it is financially stable and identifies and reacts to contingencies in a responsive manner. For the Board to be managed effectively, they must be responsible for approving budgets and made aware of anything that will financially impact on the Network, so that adequate steps can be taken. The Outcomes Based Funding (OBF) contract is inadequate to the needs of programs in the Adelaide Western area, so the AWGPN, in order to fulfil its strategic intent, must look for other sources of funding.

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Effective External Engagement

Collaborations with key stakeholders influence local primary health care policy, planning and service delivery. Sound working relationships between key stakeholders contribute to the effectiveness of the interaction between general practice and other health care and support providers.  Community input into the program of activities ensures the relevance of the activities to the wider community.

AWGPN's strategic directions are appropriately aligned with local community health priorities. Strong relationships and linkages in regards to community health planning need to be developed with other health care service providers to ensure programs have community relevance and greater impact.

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Electing to Join the Board

The Adelaide Western General Practice Network (the Network) (formerly known as the Adelaide Western Division of General Practice) has now been incorporated for a period of 14 years.  During this time the Board has played an integral role in the development and direction of the Network's affairs, including Strategic and Business Plans.

GP Directors on the Board are ordinary members of the Network, elected at an annual general meeting.  In addition, two non-GP members are selected by the GP Board members for a 2 year directorship.The role of a Director on the Board may include but will not be limited to:

General 

• Providing relevant expertise, advice and guidance to the Board where appropriate.
• Fairly representing the views and protecting the interests of the GP members of the Network.
• Actively supporting and promoting the objectives of the Network in all areas of the health sector.

Specific 

Each member of the Board will be required to:

• Chair a minimum of one (1) CPD Seminar per year.
• Write one (1) editorial per year for the Network's Newsletter.
• Attend a minimum of 5 Board meetings per year out of a possible 6.
• Attend 4 strategic / training workshops per year
• Accept, read and respond to (when required) emails distributed by the Network to Board members.

View the AWGPN Constitution

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