The impact of poverty, poor housing, environmental influences and social factors on health outcomes are being recognised via three 12 month pilots to help vulnerable communities navigate the health system. The PHN wants to encourage and enable local health providers in our region to trial new approaches that can help people navigate the increasing complexity of our health system. As such we are providing funding for suitable organisations to pa...

Over the past 12 months HNECC PHN has been redesigning two programs, the Primary Mental Health Care (formerly known as ATAPS) and Mental Health Nurse Incentive Programs.   The redesign has incorporated a selective review of the literature, documentation of models of care in other regions across Australia, and a wide consultation process with clinicians, consumers and their carers, and local community members via face to face workshops and online...

In response to community concerns that many people with a severe mental health condition would not be covered by the National Disability Insurance Scheme the Australian Government has committed $80 million over four years to the National Psychosocial Support (NPS) measure. “The funding will assist those people who are not eligible for the NDIS due to the episodic nature of their illness but do experience periods of significantly reduced psychoso...

Residential aged care facility patients on the Coast are being spared unnecessary visits to local hospital emergency departments thanks to a new mobile X-ray service. The service has been jointly funded by Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) and the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network. CCLHD Chief Executive Dr Andrew Montague and Primary Health Network CEO Richard Nankervis met today to celebrate 500 visits to re...