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Strategic Injury Prevention Partnership (SIPP)

The Strategic Injury Prevention Partnership (SIPP) is comprised of representatives from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), State and Territory Departments of Health and Human Services, the New Zealand Ministry of Health, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s National Injury Surveillance Unit, and the Australian Injury Prevention Network.  SIPP’s role as an inter-governmental committee is to enable networking and auspicing of documents and projects as well as being responsible for the development and implementation of the National Injury Prevention Plan. 

SIPP was formed in 1999, to oversee implementation of the National Injury Prevention Plan Priorities for 2001-2003 and the National Injury Prevention Implementation Plan 2001 – 2003.  These plans were evaluated in 2004 and recommendations have been incorporated into the development of a new plan.

Ongoing Activity

• Raising the profile of injury prevention in Australia
• Providing advice to the relevant national entities
• Developing and evaluating the national strategic approach to injury prevention (Injury Prevention Action Plan)
• Facilitating the coordination of the activities of the groups involved in injury prevention in Australia
• Initiating (and/or supporting) major strategic or structural projects that are needed at a national level to support the activities of the groups involved in injury prevention in Australia

Why is injury prevention identified as a National Health Priority Area?

Injury prevention and control is recognised by Health Ministers as a National Health Priority Area. Injuries remain a leading cause of death, illness and disability in Australia resulting in 8,098 deaths in 2000 and approximately 414,000 episodes of in-patient hospital care in 1999/2000. The healthcare costs of injury in Australia are around $2.6 billion annually, while lifetime costs are estimated at $13.3 billion annually.

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