Health & Wellbeing Strategy
The West Coast Community Plan 2025 (WCCP2025) and West Coast 2035 Community Plan called for a community Health and Wellbeing Strategy that would lead to better health outcomes for the community.
Following community consultation, the Health & Wellbeing Strategy was adopted by Council in April 2025.
The Strategy provides an opportunity to strategically plan a future that the community, Council, government, non-government organisations and businesses and stakeholders can work towards together. The Council’s Annual Plan will identify the programs and actions derived from this Strategy to be delivered in each financial year with a framework to measure the success indicators.
Liveable Communities Advisory Committee
The Liveable Communities Advisory Committee (LCAC) aims to advance the strategies identified in the WCCP2025, Council’s Corporate Plan and the Annual Plan.
The Committee is established to help facilitate and advocate efforts to improve outcomes in the critical areas of health, active living (including sport and recreation) and well-being.
Contact Growth & Change to enquire about becoming a committee member.
Advocacy
The West Coast Council plays a vital role in advocating the needs of the community where it is identified in the Annual Plan 2024-25 which is derived from key actions in the WCCP2025.
Annual Plan 2024-25 Action item in relation to Healthy Communities:
- Continue to deliver outcomes through the Western Tasmania Strategic Regional Partnership, particularly in terms of increased housing. WCCP2025.
- Seek partners and funding to implement the West Coast Liveable Communities Strategy — Aged Care and Advocate for increased provision of aged care and supported living from the State and Federal Governments. Aged Care Strategy and WCCP2025. Continued from 2021-2024.
- Seek funding for and, if successful, implement pedestrian and vulnerable user accessibility improvements. Aged Care Strategy. Continued from 2021-2024.
- Continue to advocate for increased investment and improved service delivery in health care on the West Coast. Including increased funding for primary health, the West Coast District Hospital, and trials of innovative service delivery models. WCCP2025.
- Implement, in partnership with Access to Health Services (A2HS), a health and social service information and coordination centre for the West Coast as a one-stop shop for people navigating health or social services. WCCP2025.
- Commence planning, design, and costing for renewal of Rosebery Basketball Stadium and Hockey Ground. Sport and Recreation Plan. Continued from 2022- 2024.
- Finalise a West Coast Health and Wellbeing Plan. WCCP2025.
- Implement actions from the West Coast Council Reconciliation Action Plan. WCCP2025.