PREPARED BY:
Planning and Strategic Initiatives
DATE:
2024-05-16
SUBJECT:
Strategic Plan Q1 Progress Report
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE
The WECHU’s 2022-2025 Refreshed Strategic Plan provides strategic direction to the organization. The plan defines the organizational vision, goals, and objectives to engage staff and support local public health outcomes within the community - with a specific focus on priority populations.
The Good Governance and Management Practices Domain of the Ontario Public Health Standards (2021) requires the Board of Health to provide governance direction and remain informed about the activities for organizational effectiveness through evaluation of the organization and strategic planning.
DISCUSSION
All current facets of the Strategic Plan are on track to be completed or implemented by the end of 2025.
Highlights for Q1 2024 include:
- The Equity, Diversity & Inclusion committee held their first monthly meeting, and members completed training sessions on anti-racism and gender diversity regarding health inclusivity.
- A draft of the Corporate Performance Management and Quality Improvement Plan has been prepared to incorporate continuous quality improvement (CQI) into departmental processes. All departments have developed relevant public health indicators for monitoring and reporting for 2024.
- In addition to the WECHU’s routine communication of public health data, messaging around solar eclipse safety was produced and shared widely with support of community partners.