ABOUT US

Primary & Community Health refers to a range of community based prevention, early intervention, assessment, acute/post-acute treatment, health maintenance and continuing care services designed to improve or maintain the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

vision

 

AIM

  • Promote the health of south western Sydney residents by delivering high quality health care interventions that keep people healthy and independent.

  • Target individuals, families and communities with services designed to promote health through:

    • Universal and early intervention services for children, young people and families
    • Targeted services for vulnerable or at-risk communities
    • Coordinated access to acute, post-acute, aged, palliative and chronic care services

  • Deliver effective, high quality health services in partnership with external agencies

OPERATING STATEMENTS

We will achieve our vision and aim by:

  • Making sure the transfer of care between hospital and home is seamless for our clients.
  • Taking the lead in coordinating care and linking clients to primary and acute care services.
  • Delivering tailored services to residents of south western Sydney who require medical, nursing and allied health interventions that keep people out of hospital, healthy and independent.
  • Bringing together an effective mix of health disciplines to create care pathways that are supported by evidence and responsive to consumer needs.
  • Building the capacity of external providers to deliver high quality primary and maintenance care services to members of our community requiring early intervention or long term health support.
  • Undertaking research, reflection and redesign initiatives that permit us to respond to emerging needs and opportunities.
  • Building stronger corporate and clinical governance structures and processes that deliver accountability, transparency, quality and performance.
  • Developing a healthy, productive and valued workforce.
Our vision as an experience for our clients:

All south western Sydney residents who access a Primary and Community Health service will expect to know:

  • What the service can and will-do;
  • Other service options available-to meet needs;
  • Who the service is available-to;
  • How long the service will be-provided;
  • Who we might aim to transfer-longer term care to, if we plan to do so; and
  • What support we will provide if care is to end or be transferred to another provider.

DEMOGRAPHICS

  • The District covers a land area of 6,248 square kilometres.
  • Covers seven Local Government Areas including; Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly and Wingecarribee.
  • Expected 17% increase in population over the next 10 years = 18,000 people per annum.
  • Approximately 12,000 births per year (more than 13% of births in NSW).
  • SWSLHD has the most ethnically diverse health area in Australia (32% of the population speak a language other than English at home).
  • 10.3% of the population within SWSLHD are over 65 years of age, approximately 84,500.
  • 22% of the population are children under 15 years of age, 196,000.

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Justin Duggan
General Manager, Primary and Community Health

Faye Southcombe
Director, Healthy Kids and Families

Brendon McDougall
Director, Keeping Well in Community

Catherine Lovan
Director, Staying Safe in Community

Victoria Blight
Director, Acute and Extended Care in Community

Rosemary Fraser
Director, Ageing Well in Community

Karen Duke
Director, Finance and Corporate Services

LOCATION & MAPS

Primary & Community Health provides services from over 20 community health centres across south western Sydney.
Specific locations and maps of these services may be found here

 

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