Longford is a small community of approximately 3,000 people situated 20 kilometres south of Launceston. Longford lies within the Northern Midlands local government area, and has a predominantly Anglo-Saxon community. Longford Medical Services (LMS) has an active patient population of 9,905 people residing in or around Longford and employs eleven General Practitioners (GPs). In the past, some GPs experienced difficulties managing clients with mental health issues. They frequently required longer consultations, creating delays for other LMS patients, which became difficult to accommodate. There were also long delays for appointments with private psychiatrists, Tasmanian Psychiatric Services, and other programs that must be accessed in Launceston. As in other small communities, transport options are limited. The MHNIP commenced in Longford in early 2009. This coincided with the closure of a residential psychiatric service (Howard Hill) in Longford. Medical services are delivered from two LMS premises. The main site is in Longford itself, and a smaller surgery is located in Perth, 8 kms away. In addition to medical services, a monthly hearing service is offered, and until recently a dietician was also available. The MHNIP nurse is employed directly by Longford Medical Services Pty Ltd. on a permanent part-time basis. Due to space restrictions, the MHNIP works from the Perth clinic, which is not ideal since the majority of clients live in or around Longford, and this location isolates the nurse from the main practice. The offer of home visits is used to increase access to the service. LMS is currently seeking funds to increase the number of consulting rooms at their Longford premises in order to co-locate the nurse in the future.
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Leadership theories can be featured generally as being concerned with who leads, how they lead, under what circumstances they lead, as well as who follows the leader. One of the earliest approaches to studying leadership is the trait approach. This approach emphasises leaders attributes such as personality, motives, values and skills. Underlying the trait approach is the assumption that some people are natural leaders, endowed with certain traits not possessed by other people (Yukl, 2006). Deficiencies in trait theories led researchers in the early 1950s to begin studying the specific behaviours exhibited by leaders (French, 2007). The behavioural approach focuses on what leaders...
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