Annual Primary Health Care Awards Dinner

2021 Annual Primary Health Care Awards Dinner

On Saturday 23 October 2021, Adelaide PHN hosted almost 200 stakeholders, members and staff at Adelaide PHN’s Annual Primary Health Care Awards Dinner. Held at SkyCity Adelaide, the night was a wonderful opportunity to showcase our achievements and celebrate the outcomes of the primary health care services we commission through our Primary Health Care Awards.

Uncle Frank Wanganeen (Aboriginal Community Advisory Member) gave the Welcome to Country in language. Our Chair of Board, Tom Symonds, and Chief Executive Officer, Michelle McKay, gave guests an overview of past 12 months and a summary of our annual report highlights for 2020/21.

We were delighted to have Adelaide based Ophthalmologist Dr James Muecke, AM Australian of the Year 2020, as our guest speaker for the night. Dr Muecke’s presentation - Blinded - told the story of Neil Hansell, a man who woke one morning blind in both eyes due to neglect of his diabetes. In this fascinating yet confronting presentation, Dr Muecke discussed type 2 diabetes, how it’s arisen, why it’s a growing epidemic, its impact on those most vulnerable in our community and explored a number of strategies to curb the toxic impact it has on our health.

Thank you to everyone who attended this wonderful night and worked together to make it a great success. We felt very privileged to be able to get together given the challenging times we are in and we look forward to continue working with you all in 2022.

Photo: Stakeholders on the night

Photo: Dr James Muecke and MC Phil Martin Photo: Awards provided to recipients

Photo: Uncle Frank Wanganeen

Photo: Michelle McKay, Adelaide PHN CEO Photo: Tom Symonds, Adelaide PHN Chair of Board