scholarly journals Achieving primary care integration: Learning from the co-location of community health services and general practice in Northern New South Wales, Australia

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Rose ◽  
Dan Ewald ◽  
Kerry Wilcox ◽  
Tracy Baker ◽  
Bernadette Carter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Health ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Care Integration ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Primary Care Integration

Primary care networks: an opportunity to improve community wound care

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. S20-S25
Author(s):  
Liam Benison
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health System ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Predominant Role ◽  
Poor Outcomes

Primary care networks (PCNs) were introduced in England in 2019 to bring about closer collaboration between general practice and community health services. The ambition is that greater collaboration between services will achieve better patient outcomes and reduce costs through more effective sharing of staff and resources. Wound care might be considered an ideal focus for PCNs, since general practice and community health services not only have a predominant role in the management of wounds, but variable and suboptimal practice continues and poor outcomes persist. This article investigates some ways in which PCNs might enable health-system changes that could improve the provision of wound care.

Delivery of Medication to Psychiatric Patients in Community Health Services in New South Wales

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Buhrich ◽  
Anne Butchart ◽  
Susan Johnston ◽  
Roberta Lauchlan
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
New South ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Community Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Policies And Procedures

Objective: We investigated the supply and monitoring of medication to patients who attend community mental health services in NSW. Method: The staff at four metropolitan and one rural community centre health service were interviewed. Information sought included policies and procedures concerning medication, the delivery of medication to patients, and staff reports concerning their knowledge and practice related to the legal requirements of the New South Wales Poisons Act 1966. Results: Sixty-five (62%) of 104 coordinators, medical officers and staff who were responsible for case managing patients were interviewed. The centres all differed in their existing policies and practices and the extent to which they were supported by their local hospital and retail pharmacies. Only one centre had a designated pharmacist and this was a part-time position. Conclusions: The delivery of medication at most centres is a fairly ad hoc arrangement with staff organising medication as best as they can. At times the supply of medication to patients fails to comply with legal and New South Wales Department of Health requirements.

scholarly journals Information systems for community health: are we addressing the right strategy?

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohan Jayasuriya
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Health ◽  
System Design ◽  
New South ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Is Strategy ◽  
The Right

Computerised information systems for community health services have evolved withadvances in information technology (IT) in Australia and overseas. However, thereis evidence from other sectors for the need to distinguish between an informationsystems (IS) strategy and an IT strategy. This paper uses case studies of computerisedinformation systems developed in New South Wales to identify issues that lead tosuccess and failure. These issues show that many of the shortcomings can beattributed to a poor IS strategy. The paper discusses the shortcomings of an IT-drivenstrategy. It argues that an IS strategy needs to be congruent with the organisationalstrategy for community health and that the system design should satisfy theinformation needs of service personnel if the information is to be used.

scholarly journals The burden of disease and injury in Australia

2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Mathers ◽  
Theo Vos ◽  
Chris stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

Reviewed by Don Hindle, Visiting Professor, School of Health Services Management,University of New South Wales

Mental health data: A case for the African communities in New South Wales

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Daniel Kwai Apat ◽  
Wellington Digwa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Services ◽  
New South ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Community Members ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Health Related

This paper examines mental health policies in relation to African communities residing in New South Wales, Australia and the attitudes of African communities toward mental disorders and mental health services. Current mental health policy frameworks have shown an inadequate inclusion of African communities. This may negatively affect the design of mental health interventions and how African communities engage with mental health services. The available mental health literature on African communities showed disjointed and uncoordinated data which focuses on specific community-groups within African communities. Insufficient mental health or suicide data, combined with African community members’ perception toward mental disorders and mental health services, makes it very difficult to progress engagement and interventions. There is a need for proper and sizable data on mental health related to people of African descent in NSW and Australia wide, if positive outcomes are to be realised.

What proportion of sexually transmissible infections and HIV are diagnosed in New South Wales’ public sexual health services compared with other services?

Sexual Health ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Bourne ◽  
Debbie Allen ◽  
Katherine Brown ◽  
Stephen C. Davies ◽  
Anna McNulty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Large Contribution ◽  
Geographical Variations ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Sexually Transmissible Infections ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
High Risk Populations

Background: In New South Wales (NSW), publicly funded sexual health services (PFSHSs) target the populations at greatest risk for important sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and so may make a large contribution to the diagnosis of notifiable STIs. We aimed to determine the proportions of STIs diagnosed in PFSHSs and notified to the NSW Ministry of Health in 2009, and describe geographical variations. Methods: The number of notifiable STIs (infectious syphilis, gonorrhoea, HIV and chlamydia) diagnosed in 2009 was obtained for each Area Health Service (AHS) and each PFSHS. The proportion of diagnoses made by PFSHSs was calculated at the state and AHS level according to five geographical regions: inner and outer metropolitan, regional, rural and remote. Results: The overall proportions of diagnoses made by NSW PFSHSs were syphilis, 25%; gonorrhoea, 25%; HIV, 21%; and chlamydia, 14%. Within each zone, the proportions of these STIs were (respectively): (i) inner metropolitan: 32%, 26%, 21% and 13%; (ii) outer metropolitan: 41%, 24%, 43% and 9%; (iii) regional: 62%, 15%, 23% and 10%; (iv) rural: 8%, 29%, <5% and 20%; and (v) remote: <5%, 43%, <5% and 29%. There was considerable variation in proportions of STIs between and within AHSs (<5–100%). Conclusions: NSW PFSHSs contribute a large proportion of diagnoses for syphilis, gonorrhoea and HIV, but less so for chlamydia. Across AHSs and zones, there was considerable variation in the proportions. These data support the role of PFSHS in identifying and managing important STIs in high-risk populations.

Comparison of patterns of care in lung cancer in three area health services in New South Wales, Australia

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 677-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Vinod ◽  
A. C. Hui ◽  
N. Esmaili ◽  
M. J. Hensley ◽  
M. B. Barton
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Health Services ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Patterns Of Care ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Area Health
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