Rural planning frameworks

Page contents: Rural procedural services planning framework | Rural procedural services: Principles for defining the scope of clinical practice for GP surgeons | Rural birthing services planning framework

Planning frameworks have been developed to support rural health services make informed decisions about the level of services appropriate for their agency. The frameworks will complement broader regional and sub-regional service planning to ensure a safe and sustainable spread of services throughout rural Victoria.

For further information about the planning frameworks email Maureen Robinson or download the following PDF files.

Rural procedural services planning framework

This framework outlines the required service standards for provision of a safe and high quality procedural service.

Rural procedural services planning framework (938kb, pdf)

Rural procedural services: Principles for defining the scope of clinical practice for GP surgeons

This document provides a companion to the Rural procedural services planning framework. This document outlines: processes for defining the scope of clinical practice of the rural general practitioner (GP) surgeon; relevant requirements to be considered by rural health services when appointing a GP surgeon as a visiting medical officer, and details of training programs, pathways and courses for rural GP surgical training.

Rural procedural services: Principles for defining the scope of clinical practice for GP surgeons (298kb, pdf)

Rural birthing services planning framework

This framework outlines the required service standards for provision of a safe and high quality birthing service.

Rural birthing services - A capability based planning framework (1.1mb, pdf)

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