Collaborative Care—Empowering community in the development of rural primary health workforce and service delivery models

Overview

Title: Collaborative Care—Empowering community in the development of rural primary health workforce and service delivery models

Publish date: 2023

Conference: WONCA World Rural Health Conference

Authors: Nott, S., Colbran, R., Edwards, M.

Summary

Across Australia, providing sustainable primary care services in small rural communities (<1000 population) has been increasingly challenging. It is acknowledged that health system planners must take coordinated action to strengthen systems to enable a community-empowered response to such challenges. In partnership with the Australian Government, Collaborative Care is a whole-of-system approach used in five Australian rural sub-regions to align communities, organisations, policy and funding levers with a common purpose in health workforce and service planning.

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