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First Nations resources

This page contains palliative care information and resources to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are receiving palliative care, their carers and health professionals.

Health initiatives

The national General Practice Workforce Planning and Prioritisation Program (WPPP) will provide independent, evidence-based advice, to inform the geographic distribution and placement of GP registrars to meet the community’s current and future GP workforce needs.

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 passed through the NSW Parliament on 19 May 2022. The legislation will come into effect from 28 November 2023 after an 18-month implementation period.

We look at a number of things to help us plan health services, including: The things we 'need' for good health - which we find in what people say, what experts say, and in what our data shows us; and the things that 'determine' or influence our health.

The aim of the 715 Health Check is to help ensure that First Nations people receive primary health care matched to their needs, by encouraging early detection, diagnosis and intervention for common and treatable conditions that cause morbidity and early mortality.

The ITC Program improves access to culturally appropriate, mainstream primary care services, including but not limited to, general practice, allied health and specialists.

The Practice Incentives Program (PIP) Indigenous Health Incentive supports general practices and Indigenous health services (practices) to provide better health care for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients. This includes best practice management of chronic disease.

Chronic disease is one of the main factors behind the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians.