Centre Strategy 2025-2028
We made a strategy for the Centre. Read the full strategy here.
The strategy is our plan to progress change towards our goals in 2025-2028.
The strategy has three parts.
- Priorities
We identified 5 strategic priorities to maximise our impact.
- Focus Areas
The health system is big, and it is complex. We identified 5 parts of the health system to further focus our work.
- Continued Investment
We identified 5 areas to continue and invest in. These areas are critical to the Centre achieving its goals.
1. Priorities
We identified 5 priorities.
Better data about intellectual disability health
Finalise identifiers in national data systems and common data to be collected, so health outcomes can be monitored and regularly published and shared.
Training and resources for healthcare workers
Improve access to training and resources that support better care and effective communication with people with intellectual disability.
Promote understanding and uptake of effective models of care and good practice
Test and disseminate model of care findings and continue to develop additional, tailored models of care.
Resources for people with intellectual disability, families/carers
Develop and encourage uptake of new and existing resources that support people to understand their rights, make informed decisions, and build health literacy and advocacy skills.
Potential for change through social determinants of health
Partner with others to address the systemic barriers that prevent people from accessing good health care, like housing, transport and income.
2. Health system focus areas
The health system is big and complex.
We chose 5 parts of the healthcare system to focus on in the next 3 years. The health systems focus areas will help us direct resources to maximise impact.
Improve acute care
Make hospitals safer and more responsive to the needs of people with intellectual disability, focussing on quality, safety and effectiveness.
Improve access to mental healthcare
Make sure people with intellectual disability can access the mental health care they need.
Improve care coordination
Improve coordination and continuity of care, particularly for people with complex needs, including coordination with the NDIS.
Improve continuity of care, transitions
Ensure greater continuity of care throughout life course, especially at at key transition points (e.g. child-adult, adult-older care/geriatric).
Preventative care across lifespan
Increase access to preventative care including screening, immunisation and oral health at all stages of life.
3. Ongoing investments
We have 5 ongoing investment areas.
These are areas that we will keep investing in because they are critical to us achieving our goals.
Champion inclusive practice
Invest in and advocate for ways of working that build and embed inclusive practice and cultural safety to create new norms.
Raise awareness and provide a national voice
Communicate regularly with partners and people to raise awareness of the issues and encourage accountability and collaboration across the Roadmap.
Deliver on existing commitments
Deliver all committed work and respond to, and build on, learnings from these projects.
Leverage the collective potential of the Centre's work and adapt to emerging issues
Connect work across the Centre, embed impact measurement, and stay responsive to emerging issues through regular horizon scanning.
Continue to build and bring in the right expertise
Apply agile thinking and approaches to the capabilities required to drive change. Bring in specific expertise as needed to ensure we are ready to meet evolving challenges.
