There is currently no single overarching ‘health system’ in Australia. Rather, health care is a complex web of services, providers and structures. All levels of government—the Commonwealth, the States and Territories, and local government—share responsibility for health. They have different roles (funders, policy developers, regulators and service deliverers) and in many cases those roles are...

This paper examines the consistency of denominator data extracted from electronic health records (EHRs) for monitoring of access and quality of primary health care.

This policy brief is for Victorian State Government departments. It aims to inform state-level policy and programs that could support climate change adaptation (CCA) planning by community service organisations (CSOs) and primary care partnerships (PCPs).

Background: Primary care practice nurses are frequently required to provide dietary advice to patients at risk of heart disease. However, they are usually not trained in nutrition and have limited time available to provide dietary counselling. The purpose of this project was to develop a brief heart healthy eating assessment tool and counselling guide to...

Five CSOs and PCPs participated in the tools-testing phase of the project. The Grampians and Pyrenees Primary Care Partnership was one of the five organisations which aimed to gain a better understanding of how identified climate change adaptation needs can best be responded to using existing decision-support tools.