The PHN continues to reform the mental health sector in response to pressures on services and workforce. Clinical Care Coordination services are evidence-based mental health interventions delivered by multi-disciplinary teams to manage the care of clients with complex mental health concerns.
Providence Medical Umina and Coastal Lakes Medical Practice Lake Haven are confirmed as the providers of the soon-to-be opened Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) on the Central Coast.
The Greater Choice for at Home Palliative Care measure (GCfAHPC) provides funding for coordinating palliative care through PHNs. As being cared for and dying at home is most people’s preference, the initiative aims to help make that possible. A recent Palliative Care Needs Assessment identified the need for an End of Life Coordinator, a role that will be commissioned in a pilot program in the Hunter region.
The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) has been selected as an Employer of Choice in the Australian Business Awards 2023.
To help health care professionals develop resilience, feel good and function effectively, the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) is inviting primary care professionals and their families to participate in a unique wellbeing initiative called The Lift Project.
As part of the Commonwealth funded Family, Domestic and Sexual violence pilot initiative, the PHN will procure additional services to deliver an integrated model of support for victim-survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse (SV and CSA). These services will closely link to existing family and domestic violence services commissioned by the PHN and increase the capacity and capability of primary care to better care for victim-survivors. The scope of these services will be co-design ahead of the Request for Proposal (RFP) being released in November 2023.
The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) is one of six PHNs that have been selected to pilot a new model of trauma-informed care to support victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence commencing in 2024.
The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) has today launched their 2023-2028 First Nations Health and Wellness Framework.
Four Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) will be established within the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network.
After more than three decades without a local General Practitioner, the community of Spring Ridge is celebrating the arrival of Dr Owen Boyd, a GP who will service the community with two face-to-face consultation days on a regular schedule, while providing telehealth for the remainder.