HealthOne Canterbury
HealthOne Canterbury is planning to co-locate Community Health and General Practice at a single location. The proposed service model will integrate local public and private primary care services - GPs, community health, nursing, allied health and drug health services and establish an integrated primary care facility which embodies and models best-practice, particularly in the area of chronic disease management.
Proposed services include:
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Ongoing care of patients with acute and chronic physical and mental health problems via a full range of services
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Health care planning and case coordination
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Provision of effective screening and case finding including:
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Systematic psychosocial screening to determine factors for individual patients and their families
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Systematic screening for and management of macrovascular risk factors, and other risk factors for the development of physical disease
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Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention via macrovascular risk factor detection and management with the involvement of appropriate specialists and organisations such as Diabetes Australia.
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Group and community specific health promotion and early intervention programs covering the range of health needs of the area
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Health Education and training opportunities including:
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Integrated Primary Care Training
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Supervised clinical placements for GP Registrars, medical students, clinical educators, practice nurses, primary health care nurses and allied health practitioners
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Assessment of competence and orientation to the Australian health system for health workers
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Remediation and increased support for doctors on referral from the NSW Medical Board and from Regional Training Providers
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Location
MapTarget population groups
Canterbury Local Government Area (LGA) Community
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Canterbury is a disadvantaged urban community, with health and socioeconomic indicators which rival those of the most disadvantaged rural regions. It has a notably higher proportion of households receiving rent assistance from Centrelink (23%, compared to 13.7% for Sydney) and significantly higher than average unemployment figures.
Refugee and migrant health
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Canterbury Local Government Area (LGA) has a significant disadvantaged multicultural demographic with 33.1% of its residents born in NESB countries, compared with 17.8% across Sydney.
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Recent arrivals from NESB countries comprise 8.8% of the Canterbury population; more than double the proportion in Sydney (4.3%).
Drug health clients
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There is evidence that suggests that people who use drugs are unaware or less likely to access free or low cost services. Due largely to lack of money, many people who us drugs access a hospital Emergency Department as their primary form of care. This can lead to poor continuity of care, fewer preventative health services, and more negative experiences.
People with a chronic disease with a focus on Diabetes
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Those over the age of 40 made up 41.6% of the Canterbury population.
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Almost three quarters (71.7%) of all deaths in the Canterbury DGP at ages 0-74 years over the period 1997-2001 were considered avoidable, and marginally higher than for Sydney (71.3%).
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Data collected by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare highlighted a prevalence of risk factors for Diabetes type 2 for the Canterbury population as 30.5%, compared with 25% for Sydney and 23.4% for Australia.
Mental health
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The Canterbury population reports higher levels of mental and behavioural disorders than those recorded for the general Sydney area.
Adolescent health
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Obesity numbers are significantly (5%) higher than Sydney for both males and females.
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In cultural groups such as Indian, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Pacific Islander (which constitute between 10-18% of the school population in this region), the community's prevalence of type 2 Diabetes is reported as three to four times higher than the national average.
Child health
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Canterbury has a higher birth rate compared with the national average (demonstrated by a higher proportion of children aged 0-4 years).
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In 2001 ABS Census data, there were more reported jobless families with children under the age of 15 years of age in the Canterbury population (22.7%), compared to Sydney as a whole (15.6%).
Project partners
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Sydney Institute of General Practice Education and Training (SIGPET )
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Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS)
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Central Sydney General Practice Network (CSGPN)
Key contact
HealthOne Canterbury
A/General Manager
Croydon & Marrickville Health Centres
Croydon & Marrickville Health Centres
Croydon: 02 9378 1100
Marrickville: 02 9562 0500
