Central Highlands Rural Health (CHRH)
Overview
Central Highlands Rural Health (CHRH) is a great example of a health service that is maintaining their Healthy choices: policy directive progress. CHRH uses many methods to maintain their progress, watch the video below to hear about how they maintain their great work.
I’m Laurey, a Health Promotion Officer at Central Highlands Rural Health.
I work as part of a team here to implement the Healthy Choices: Policy Directive for Victorian public health services across five different sites.
We have vending machines, and our inpatient menus are available for staff to access. I’m going to step you through the components that helped us implement the Policy Directive.
One of the strengths of our approach is our working party, which brings together all the essential staff members needed for successful Policy Directive implementation. This includes our dietitian, who advises us on how to ensure our inpatient menus also meet the needs of the Policy Directive for staff.
Our food service team is also integral, guiding us on implementation and menu development. Additionally, having members of our executive team involved helps us progress and prioritize initiatives effectively.
As a Health Promotion Officer, I coordinate the implementation of the Policy Directive.
We manage our working party through the food and nutrition committee, which meets bi-monthly. This committee provides a structured environment to discuss updates and keep the directive at the forefront of our efforts.
Our working party also assists us with continuous auditing and monitoring. Throughout the year, we ensure our menu aligns with the Policy Directive, updating FoodChecker with any new products or recipes.
At reporting time, we use FoodChecker to ensure all our menus, recipes, and food product information is up-to-date and compliant. We then submit this to the Department of Health via Progress Tracker.
We share our Policy Directive reports and success within the health service to ensure staff and our leadership team are aware of our ongoing Policy Directive commitment.
To provide healthier catering at our health service, we work closely with our food service team to develop a menu that meets the targets and aligns with our catering policy. We share this menu with our staff and ensure the policy and progress are clearly communicated.
Finally, we work closely with our vending supplier to develop and maintain compliant vending machines. Any new products are checked in FoodChecker before being added to the vending machines.
Communication is an important part of our Policy Directive maintenance.
We use various methods to keep our staff and visitors informed. Our staff newsletters, social media updates, and screensavers ensure everyone is in the loop about new café menus and changes to our vending machine offerings.
We use posters in our café to promote our menu options. Working as a team has allowed us to implement and sustain the Policy Directive.
The Healthy Eating Advisory Service is a great resource to support us in maintaining the Policy Directive. We use HEAS online resources, FoodChecker, and one-on-one coaching to ensure our ongoing success.
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The Healthy Eating Advisory Service acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we operate. We pay our respects to them, their culture and their Elders past and present.
The Healthy Eating Advisory Service is delivered by experienced nutritionists and dietitians at National Nutrition Foundation, with support from the Victorian Government.
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