To achieve our vision of a healthier Western Sydney, we partner with local service providers to commission programs that suit the needs of our diverse communities. We work closely with providers to design programs that improve health literacy, strengthen the primary health care workforce and equip community with resources and services to better their health.
This year, we executed 537 contracts. This includes contracts for 98 psychologists under our Primary Mental Health Care program, six Urgent Care initiatives, 308 Strengthening Medicare Grants, 68 Residential Aged Care Home grants, three Wellbeing and Resilience grants and 54 Living with COVID and Vulnerable Vaccinations contracts.
Our Commissioning Goals
We partner with local service providers to support people of all ages, genders, sexual identities, ethnicities and backgrounds in Western Sydney. Our commissioning cycle involves developing and implementing health services based on a rigorous planning, procurement, monitoring and evaluation cycle to achieve:
Outcomes that really matter to people in Western Sydney
New and innovative approaches to providing health services
Client and consumer -centric services
Strengthened engagement with the LHD, Commonwealth, NGOs, private sector and communities
Increased collaboration and transparency across Government on priority areas
A more efficient and effective use of resources
An understanding of what works and what doesn’t
Commissioning Provider Feedback
Commissioned providers who responded to our annual needs survey agreed
or strongly agreed with the following statements:
Being a WentWest provider has improved our own service performance
76%
Being a WentWest provider has enabled us to network more effectively
88%
Being a WentWest provider has enabled us to build sector capacity
92%
Commissioned Contracts and Grants 2023-2024
| Primary Mental Health Care | $9,465,992 |
| Early Psychosis Youth Service | $8,334,977 |
| headspace | $3,752,132 |
| Head To Health | $2,636,352 |
| Commonwealth Psychosocial Support | $3,430,749 |
| National/Bilateral Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Programs | $1,311,016 |
| Drug and Alcohol Treatment Activities | $3,956,253 |
| Integrated Team Care | $1,593,130 |
| Flexible Core Funding | $5,931,780 |
| Pilots and Targeted Programs | $3,546,933 |
| Urgent Care Clinics Program | $4,992,157 |
| After Hours Services | $3,293,732 |
| Aged Care Supports | $2,979,601 |
| NSW Collaborative Commissioning Partnership | $5,701,287 |
| Collaborations with other Agencies | $475,686 |