In alignment with the strategic goals set forth in the PHNs 23-28 Strategic Vision, a primary objective is to stabilise and enhance the primary care workforce. As part of this effort, the HNECC PHN engaged Beacon Strategies to conduct a Workforce Planning Report. While the full report is scheduled for release in late August 2024, the interim findings have already shed light on critical issues.
Accredited General Practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie LGAs are advised that an Expression of Interest is now open for the establishment of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
The Virtual Psychologist Program in Narrabri, Gunnedah and Moree still has spots available for new mums seeking support. No referral is required to access this service.
Deakin University preventative health experts will join a team of researchers in Tamworth this week in the first step of a long-term project aimed at improving nutrition-related health outcomes within the community.
A new resource, recently released, includes a range of information to support the wellbeing of people still recovering from the Cessnock area bushfires of December 2023.
The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) has announced the launch of the Supporting Recovery pilot program, aimed at providing trauma-informed recovery care for victim-survivors of family, domestic, and sexual violence (DFSV) in the NSW Central Coast and Moree regions.
The PHN is pleased to announce a second round of immunisation scholarships in 2024. The scholarships aim to upskill eligible nurses to increase the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations among priority vulnerable populations. The immunisation scholarships support the Government’s COVID-19 response aiming to increase access to the COVID-19 vaccination among vulnerable populations who cannot access or have difficulty accessing the vaccine through existing processes.
Muswellbrook Medicare Mental Health Centre was officially opened today by The Hon Assistant Minister Emma McBride, and Federal Member for Hunter, Dan Repacholi MP. Commissioned by the PHN the new centre provides mental health services for adults across the Hunter Valley dealing with emotional distress or life challenges.
Mental health service providers are being encouraged to partner with the HNECC PHN to deliver evidence-based interventions to improve the mental health and wellbeing of residents of Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF).
This short survey is for everyone who works or volunteers in any service that provides palliative care in Australia. This includes all people working or volunteering in specialist palliative care services, and those providing palliative care as part of their work in primary care, aged care and other health care settings.