Budget snapshot for Bendigo Community Health Services 2019-2020

We are pleased to present a Bendigo Community Health Services Budget Statement 2019/2020 on behalf of the Board of Directors and organisation.

This is an important Budget being the first associated with the new BCHS Strategic Plan 2019-2024 we will launch at the Annual General Meeting on November 14.

The $22.7 million Budget will ensure our staff and Board continue to work towards delivering a range of services and activities designed to support the community.

Our Board has agreed to deliver a balanced budget with a modest surplus of $146,811.

Please pdf click here (7.39 MB) to download a PDF version of our Budget statement 2019-2020. 

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You're invited - Strategic Plan 2019-2024 launch to highlight our AGM

The official launch of a new Strategic Plan 2019-2024 will highlight the Bendigo Community Health Services Limited Annual General Meeting on Thursday, November 14.

Our Fork In The Road community hub at the Central Bendigo site - 165-171 Hargreaves Street - will host the AGM from 10.30am.

A lunch will be served from noon.

The new Strategic Plan clearly identifies our purpose and will ensure all services reach their full potential to support consumers and the community.

The plan was developed through extensive consultation and feedback from consumers, community, Board of Directors, staff and agency partners.

Please RSVP to Leanne Oberin on 5406 1200 or LThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Thursday, November 7.

Don't forget to let us know if you need transport to the AGM or have special dietry requirements.

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Bendigo cancer screening project aims to save lives - how you can help

Bendigo Community Health Services has launched a community project to increase cancer screening rates and save lives.

The project will focus on getting more people to screen for bowel, breast and cervical cancer.

BCHS has already worked with GPs in the bulk-billed medical practices and staff from other services to raise awareness of the need for more screening and to encourage them to ensure consumers understand the importance.

BCHS Health Promotion Worker Isabel Nichol-Smith urged other Bendigo medical practices and health organisations to do the same.

"Cancer is a leading cause of death in Australia. The death toll for cancer in Australia this year will be around 50,000 people and as a community we must take action,” Ms Nichol-Smith said.

“The most concerning for us is that despite this alarmingly high number of deaths the cancer screening rates in Australia are seriously low. We need to change that and that’s why we are launching this community-led Cancer Screening Saves Lives project with funding from Murray PHN.

“We are going to work hard to increase community awareness of the need for cancer screening, particularly within groups that are most underrepresented such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, refugees and the disadvantaged.

“We encourage people to ask for a cancer screening when they visit their own GP or they can use our bulk-billed medical practices if they don’t have a GP.”

Ms Nichol-Smith said early detection was vital in treating cancers.