A targeted approach to increasing the uptake of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatment in South Western Sydney by local GPs and South Western Sydney PHN, has yielded impressive results for people living with the condition.
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A new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in the Green Valley area, the expansion of bulk bulling to all Australians and investment in the primary care workforce, were among some of the health-focused features of last night’s Federal Budget.
South Western Sydney residents will have access to a second Medicare Mental Health Centre when the new Campbelltown service opens in October. South Western Sydney PHN (SWSPHN) has commissioned Grand Pacific Health and its partners Odyssey House, Relationship Australia and Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, to operate the Campbelltown centre.
In South Western Sydney the demand for alcohol and other drug (AOD) support services has increased over the past 10 years as the population grows. But are AOD services easy to access and meeting the unique needs of the region’s community?
South Western Sydney PHN is funding grassroots initiatives aimed at reducing the stigma of suicide and mental health by promoting social connectedness, reducing loneliness and increasing help-seeking for priority populations.
Service Navigators who will link people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and refugee backgrounds, and people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with appropriate primary healthcare services in South Western Sydney will be available across our region early next year.
Two new service providers are now delivering South Western Sydney PHN’s Clinical Suicide Prevention Service, improving access to appropriate, safe and timely clinical care for people at low-to-moderate risk of suicide following a suicide attempt or experiencing a suicidal crisis.
South Western Sydney PHN (SWSPHN) has commissioned Catholic Healthcare to begin delivering the Stepping On program to older adults in the region in January.
Hepatitis C testing rates have tripled in our region in the past year and treatment rates continue to climb, thanks to a targeted program supporting GPs to identify and care for patients with the chronic health condition.
Thousands of patients across South Western Sydney have been able to access the new level of healthcare urgent care sites across our region have been offering since December last year.