Public Health-Consultancy Services

Infocus provides local government, community health organisation, peak bodies, and industry groups with:

• local strategic public health planning (municipal public health plans, drug action plans, health projects)
• domestic wastewater management planning
• organisational development (professional development, planning and change facilitation, workshops project management)
• health services tender development and evaluation
• community development (community consultation, facilitation and planning)
• policy development (health service review and evaluation, service policy and procedures development)

Our principal consultant, Jim Smith, has had a longstanding involvement in environmental and public health policy and its implementation at the local level.

We regularly develop and review public health policies and facilitate health planning and training workshops for various organisations, peak bodies and industry groups.

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Public Health-Current Projects

Local strategic public health planning

• Glen Eira City Council – development and facilitation of municipal public health plan consultation process with stakeholders
• Shire of South Gippsland Municipal Public Health Plan

Domestic wastewater management planning

• Development of Mornington Peninsula Shire Council DWMP
• Development of Shire of Yarra Ranges DWMP
• Development of Shire of Macedon Ranges DWMP
• Development of Hume DWMP

Organisational development

• Development of Constitution and By Laws for Australian Institute of Environmental Health

Community development

• Brimbank City Council assessment of planned activities groups and training of providers and volunteers

Policy development

• Revision and review of Statutory Health Services policies and procedures including immunisation services
• Policy advice on Health Act 1958 to Municipal Association of Victoria
• Development of Food Safety Management policy for Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria