Question

Explain how policies and procedures are developed for a health and community service by using international, national, state/territory and local government frameworks. Your answer must be between 100 to 200 words in length.

Answer 1

Development of policies and procedures for a health and community service by using international, national, state/territory and local government frameworks:

The Australian health care system is a complex healthcare system with multiple levels of government and shared responsibility for health care. Policy development involves several aspects such as

• Identifying need (Obtained from agendas)
• Gathering information
• Drafting the policy to be made
• Consulting
• Monitoring, reviewing and revising

Healthcare policies and procedures approach involves a wide variety of people and organizations across government and governemnt body acts as a convenor of the entire intersectoral work group to ensure public safety and care.

Modern health policy poses complex legal, ethical, and social questions. Development of new policies and procedures describes the actions of government and these changes come in the form of laws and regulations.

Iinternational, national, state/territory and local government frameworks play a vital role in policies and procedures formation, legitimation, implementation, evaluation, maintenance, succession or termination.