HNECC PHN is collaborating with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to present several information forums on how to support patients with a psychosocial disability to access the NDIS. The forums are intended to assist General Practitioners, health and medical professionals, mental health specialists and support staff in ensuring participants have the best possible opportunity to access the NDIS. Forums will be held in Maitland (28 Oct...

HNECC PHN has three Community Advisory Committees based in Erina, Tamworth and Newcastle. They are made up of members with active community networks who are able to provide the advice, feedback, community perspective and context which helps to shape our PHN’s program delivery and development. Find out more about their role in this new video.

HNECC PHN is partnering with the health research organisation the Sax Institute, to undertake a series of 'Dynamic Simulation' workshops focused on suicide prevention. Dynamic Simulation modelling provides a tool that brings together a variety of sources of evidence such as research, expert and local knowledge, practice experience, and data to map and quantify complex problems. The recent workshop brought together a dedicated group of Mental Heal...

HNECC PHN had the privilege of co-hosting the 2019 Commissioning Showcase in Newcastle Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th August in partnership with eight other NSW PHNs. In its third year, the Showcase is a unique event designed to support commissioning capability for PHNs across the country. 100 participants from 23 of the country’s PHNs attended to learn from their colleagues and key national and international speakers, to network and to share...