Patients First Award
Awarded to healthcare organisations, clinics/teams and/or service providers that put people and communities first in their practice: they demonstrate engagement strategies to support best practice outcomes for the health care organisation, the community, and their patients.
Anglicare: Carefinder helping remote and regional vulnerable, older people to access Aged Care services
Elden Street Medical: Frailty Early Intervention Program for Older Australians
HealthWISE: Ageing well in the New England
MoveAbout Therapy: Paediatric Occupational Therapy
Point Clare Practice: Practice (PCMP) Respiratory, an innovative same day clinic allowing infectious patients to safely be seen face-to-face by a GP
First Nations Health Award
Awarded to the healthcare organisation, clinic/team and/or service provider that demonstrates being responsive to the diversity of, and differences in, our communities to address health inequalities for First Nations people and communities.
Awabakal: First Nations Mental Health Services- Awabakal Wiyala Team
HealthWISE NENW: Tiddas in the Dale
Tobwabba: Nyannibu Wellness Pilot Program
Woodberry Family Practice: We look after our own mob
Technology in Health Award
Awarded to the healthcare organisation, clinic/team and/or service provider that demonstrates leadership in the use of technology to support their patients. A patient is defined as an individual who accesses primary care and could be considered a client or consumer as well.
Engage VR Rehabilitation: Creating New Pathways
HealthWISE NENW: Delivering technologically enhanced mental health therapy
Hunter Primary Care: Telehealth delivery via online Diabetes Education Shared Health Appointments for rural and remote clients
My Age Fit: SimpliMove a Primary Care Digital Solution
Primary Care Innovation Award
Awarded to the health centre/clinic/team and/or service provider that demonstrates outstanding innovation in primary care.
Hunter Primary Care: Aged Care Nurse Practitioner service enhancing Primary Care for people residing in Aged Care
Life Medical: Transforming Patient Access to Chronic Disease Management and Wellbeing with great provider engagement
Spring Ridge: Better Health for the Bush Small Town Engagement Model
Uniting - Wellbeing4Kids: Hands of Wellbeing (HOW)- Enhancing the Therapeutic Voice of the Child
Primary Care Leader Award - Individual
Awarded to an individual that demonstrates outstanding innovation in primary care.
Kathleen Doolan: Improving mental health and wellbeing in the region
Alison Lancey: Building Primary Care Capacity in responding to Domestic Family and Sexual Violence
Michelle Reiss: Community Transformation through Lifestyle Choices
Ann Marie Thomas: The Nurse who wears red lipstick
Primary Care Leader Award - Organisation
Awarded to the health service provider that demonstrates outstanding innovation in primary care.
Hunter Primary Care: Leading innovation and implementation of Lifestyle Medicine into both service delivery to vulnerable people and workplace
MoveAbout Therapy Services: Paediatric Occupational Therapy
My Age Fit: SimpliMove a Primary Care Digital Solution
Salamander Bay Doctors: Leadership plays a pivotal role in shaping the quality and effectiveness of healthcare delivery
Primary Care Leader Award - Clinic/Team
Awarded to the Clinic or Team that demonstrates outstanding innovation in primary care.
Engage VR Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation and ESport - Creating New Pathways
Hunter Primary Care: Innovative solutions in the aged care environment supported by the establishment of a high functioning team
Joint Medical Program Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship: Let’s grow our own rural doctors in New England Northwest via innovative learning with exceptional primary care leaders