HealthOne Quirindi

HealthOne Quirindi will be located on the Quirindi Health Service site. The proposed model co-locates General Practice and Community Health in a purpose built facility that will be located at the front of the existing hospital.

Capital Works planning is underway and a Capital Works Functional Brief has been drafted.

Existing health services will be clinically integrated, functioning within a multidisciplinary team model to provide comprehensive and coordinated primary and community health care for the Quirindi community. The team will include centre-based or visiting services and comprise:

• General Practice services and associated primary health care services, such as practice nurses and GP registrars
• Quirindi Community Health services - incorporating all existing local and outreach nursing and allied health services. Potential additional services include immunisation clinic, Aboriginal maternal infant health strategy midwife, increased service provision in the areas of social work, mental health, Aboriginal health, women's health nurse, chronic care (cardiac rehabilitation and respiratory education), primary health care nursing, podiatry, drug and alcohol, palliative care, child protection and sexual health services
• Visiting medical services, including paediatric, gynaecology and obstetric clinics
• Private Allied Health professionals such as podiatry and dietetics, and contracted More Allied Health Services (MAHS) providers, including counselling, dietetics and mental health nurse counsellor
• Home Care Service of NSW

Potential exists for the inclusion of community services and support groups to utilise the facilities on a needs basis, eg stroke support group, Aboriginal men's group, carer's support group, "Men's Shed" etc., and for visiting alternate therapies.