Our business Country SA PHN (CSAPHN) is one of 31 Primary Health Networks (PHNs) which were established by the Australian Government across Australia in 2015. The key objectives of the PHNs are to: •
Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of medical services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes; and
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Improve the coordination of care to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.
Our mission is to bridge the gap of health inequity and access in rural South Australia by building a collaborative and responsive country SA health care system. We are committed to improving the patient experience of the health system. We will do this by conducting population health planning (needs assessments/data analysis) including service gap identification; health care commissioning, particularly for vulnerable populations; implementing practice support services, including safety and quality; and eHealth, so that GPs are better placed to provide care. These activities are centred around the six identified priorities for targeted work by PHNs, including mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, population health, health workforce, digital health and aged care. CSAPHN wants to strengthen the local clinical and community voices, as they are critical to improving the health and wellbeing of rural communities. Our intent is to collaborate across the region to identify leading relevant responses and innovative solutions with a firm focus on establishing and addressing priorities at a local level.
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Country SA PHN Reconciliation Action Plan 2020–2021
CSAPHN is a medium sized not for profit organisation which employs 59 people, 46 of whom are full time equivalent employees. Country SA PHN does not currently keep personnel statistics on employees; however, CSAPHN employs one Aboriginal person who has self-identified (1.7% of the total workforce). As CSAPHN is about the country, our offices are predominantly located in the country regions of South Australia, however, retains space in metropolitan Adelaide. Our office locations include: •
Nuriootpa, Barossa (Head Office)
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Adelaide, Metropolitan Adelaide
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Mt Barker, Adelaide Hills
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Clare
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Kadina
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Port Augusta
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Whyalla
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Wudinna
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Port Lincoln
