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Business View Australia - November-December 2015

Collaborations

Mercy Health has a wide range of

suppliers and service providers. “Our

working relationships go through a

range of people and I would call them

our collaborators and they would

be anyone from individual home

practitioners to health providers,

hospitals

and

physiotherapy

companies,’’ Adj Prof Cornelissen said.

“Our most important collaborator is

the community, because at the end

of the day if we are to provide care

effectively we have to be engaged

with our community. Where possible

we have local relationships and that is

how business is part of a community.”

A tradition of caring

Mercy Health’s values are rooted in

a tradition of providing an appropriate

level of care with compassion, while

ensuring the dignity of the resident

or client. From a small start almost a

hundred years ago, the organisation

has grown to a $500 million enterprise

with 6,500 employees.

Speaking about the future prospects

of Mercy Health, Adj Prof Cornelissen

describes his vision, “The future is

very bright for Mercy Health. We have

gone through a pretty rapid expansion

in our aged care services and we are

in the top 20 largest aged care service

providers in Australia. Our five-year

plan is to continue to consolidate our

position and our assets and make

sure that we are able to be one of the

best providers of residential aged care

in the country.”

“The other is to continue to grow the

portfolio appropriately, expanding our

home care services so that we can

offer people true care across the whole

spectrum of their needs. We also want

to continue to respond to the needs of

the people that we are serving.”

“The big one for us is to make sure

that we are strong enough and vocal

enough to always advocate the case

of those who cannot be heard. And in

order to do that effectively you need

to be a major player. We want to be a

major player in the aged and health

care industry and in doing so we want

to make sure that those whose voices

which may not be heard are always

thought of and that we are continuing

to look for ways to respond to the most

vulnerable people.”