715 Health Check
Last updated May 31, 2024
The 715 Health Check is designed to support the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of First Nations people of all ages. 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.
A health assessment should generally be undertaken by the patient's 'usual doctor'. For the purpose of the health assessment, "usual doctor" means the general practitioner, or a general practitioner working in the medical practice, which has provided the majority of primary health care to the patient over the previous twelve months and/or will be providing the majority of care to the patient over the next twelve months.
The Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People is not available to people who are in-patients of a hospital or care recipients in a residential aged care facility.
How to complete 715 Health Assessment Videos
Central and Eastern Sydney PHN have developed a suite of videos to assist general Practitioners to perform the 715 Health Checks.
715 Health Check Resources
- Instructions - Importing templates into BEST PRACTICE software, and Importing templates into MEDICAL DIRECTOR software
Videos
- Education Session: How to Conduct a Quality 715 Health Check - 2 hrs duration, features Hunter Region clinicians Dr Joel Wenitong and Trumaine Rankmore (AHP)