This fact sheet highlights primary health care as vital in preventing, identifying and managing health in local populations to keep people out of hospital emergency departments and in-patient beds. It presents information on potentially preventable hospitalisations and lower-urgency presentations to emergency departments, and includes both community and professional perspectives.

A snapshot of health needs across Gippsland, Victoria, from conversations and collaborations with community members and professionals throughout 2024. It presents information on local needs and Gippsland health in the context of Australian priorities.

This fact sheet presents the main health issues relating to mortality in primary care facing people in Gippsland, Victoria. It presents the leading causes of mortality and avoidable mortality rates in Gippsland compared to Australia. The data is presented alongside burden of disease measures in Australia in 2024 and areas for improvement.

This health needs assessment highlights multiple and complex priorities for Gippsland’s health system in Victoria, informed both by the community and an advisory panel. It provides health insights for each priority area accompanied by actions.

This report explores the relationship between patient experience and socioeconomic disadvantage in NSW, showing that social determinants can present a major barrier to health access, experience and outcomes. It reveals a decline in patient experience, particularly in regional areas, with cost emerging as a significant barrier to accessing healthcare.