With cases of Influenza increasing throughout the community, and immunisation levels remaining low, the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network has developed a suite of short community videos to encourage vaccination.
Primary care providers and their staff are increasingly finding themselves as part of the front line dealing with the impact of disasters.
Over recent years the Hunter New England and Central Coast regions experienced the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, bushfires, drought, extreme weather events including thunderstorms and severe floods, and a rodent plague.
Inclusive care supported by the PHN
While the temperatures are cold and mosquito numbers are low, now is the best time to start preparing yourself against mosquito-borne disease this coming summer. Getting vaccinated against JEV is a great first step you can take before the mosquito season begins, to ensure you’re giving yourself the highest level of protection from the disease.
In 2023 the People & Culture team implemented the PHN Wellbeing Strategy 2023 to 2025 which is underpinned by the evidence based Thrive at Work framework. The framework promotes a holistic approach that not only focuses on helping unwell people get well again, but also on helping people stay well and be the best they can be.
In 2022, the PHN developed its 2022-2025 Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy. The strategy is critical to delivering the PHN’s community, workforce and cultural objectives and aligns to the PHN’s strategic purpose of “keeping people well in our communities through innovation, performance, collaboration and local engagement.”
Five leaders who have displayed outstanding dedication to providing quality primary care over the course of their career have been inducted into the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network Dedication to Service Hall of Fame.
A digital health platform delivering therapeutic support in remote areas, a first-of-its-kind rehabilitation centre for women, and a program providing support to separated fathers are among the recipients of the 2023 Primary Care Quality and Innovation Awards.
This summary provides you with the most important messages from the Public Health update held on 21 June.
Congratulations to Joanne Dean and Joanna Coutts whose Allied Health data and quality improvement (BEAP) project article was published in the June edition of Partyline, the National Rural Health Alliance online magazine.