Castlemaine Health and CHIRP Community Health will continue to plan for the integration of the two services.
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It comes as community engagement results indicate support from staff and service users, along with a degree of uncertainty.
The organisations on Tuesday released a joint statement thanking everyone who had shared their views.
They said they looked forward to continuing to work with staff and the community to develop the best possible integrated services.
Eighty per cent of staff surveyed on the service integration believed the plan would enable better community health and services.
Ten of the 56 respondents were unsure, and one strongly disagreed.
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More than half of the respondents from the broader community were supportive of the proposal.
Almost a quarter of respondents were unsure, and 19 per cent either disagreed or strongly disagreed that the integration would result in better community health and services.
Those involved in the consultation stressed the importance of maintaining existing services and programs.
Participants also highlighted need for accessible programs, services and facilities and the importance of retaining a focus on consumer-centred care.
People accessing and working for the services wanted to be further involved in designing the integration plan and in shaping the resulting services.
They raised concerns about community health becoming less of a priority after the integration, over time.
"Staff had some concerns about how they would fit in the integrated service," the engagement report said.
"Staff were also anxious about the scale of the change, how different the two organisational cultures could be, and the potential loss of identify."
The organisations identified a need to communicate with the community about the available services and programs and where to find them after the integration.
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A new facility, in a central location, was a preferred long-term solution for concerns about how and where services and programs would be based.
The engagement process revealed opportunities for service improvements and strengths to emerge from the service integration.
They included opportunities to build on the services and programs both organisations already offered and to expand outreach into surrounding communities following integration.
Engagement was measured through workshops and focus groups, stakeholder meetings, surveys and written submissions.
A draft integration plan is expected to be delivered to the boards of both Castlemaine Health and CHIRP Community Health next month.
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