Forbes, Parkes and the surrounding communities will benefit from new primary health care models to improve access to local health care and provide better continuity of care for rural patients.
\nDeputy Prime Minister and Federal Member for Riverina, Michael McCormack said the trial announced today was one of five new primary care models being tested in western and southern New South Wales.
\n\u201cThe Nationals in Government are working hard to address regional workforce shortages through a range of initiatives and programs, and this new model announced today is part of the solution,\u201d the Deputy Prime Minister said.
\n\u201cAn ageing GP workforce had been identified as a challenge in the region, and this model is testing a potential new solution to ensure people in this region continue to have access to health care.\u201d
\nFederal Regional Health Minister, Mark Coulton said regional experts \u2013 the NSW Rural Doctors Network, the Western NSW Local Health District and the Western NSW Primary Health Network \u2013 are working closely with local councils, community and health professionals to design an innovative solution for the area.
\n\u201cWith each new model, the aim is to demonstrate how new and flexible approaches can address workforce shortages in the bush, and find sustainable ways of delivering services across a number of smaller, connected rural communities,\u201d Minister Coulton said.
\n\u201cThe challenge of delivering health services in small communities is well known, and it is clear the existing one-size-fits-all approach isn\u2019t working for every rural community.
\nThese models differ to traditional health workforce solutions that focus on individual towns. Instead the focus is on sub-regions to address healthcare access issues.
\n\u201cBy servicing multiple towns, there is an opportunity to achieve economies of scale, create sustainable practices and provide better access to primary health services for rural and remote Australians,\u201d the Deputy Prime Minister said.
\n\u201cThe Nationals in Government are breaking new ground by investing in sub-regional models of primary care to provide local solutions and to test how these new approaches can address perennial rural health challenges across the nation.\u201d
\nThe Lachlan region joins the Canola Fields, 4T\u2019s (Tullamore, Trangie, Tottenham and Trundle), Snowy Valley and Wentworth sites, where innovative solutions to local healthcare problems are being developed under the program. The Australian Government has invested $3.3 million to test these new models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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