Welcome to the Capital Health Network (CHN) Annual Report 2019/20. This report demonstrates how CHN, as the ACT’s Primary Health Network (PHN), worked with others to integrate health care, improve health equity and achieve better health outcomes for Canberrans in the past twelve months.

Contents

• From the Chair and CEO
  • ACT Clinical Council
  • Community Advisory Council
  • General Practice Advisory Committee
  • Our Board
• COVID-19 response
  • Working in partnership to address COVID-19
  • Distributing personal protective equipment
  • Increasing COVID-19 testing options: GP Respiratory Clinics
  • Providing business continuity support
  • Delivering education to primary health care
• Priority areas
  • Workforce
    • Providing support to general practice
    • Working with Practice Managers
    • Supporting Practice Nurses
    • Supporting immunisation providers
    • Pharmacists in General Practice Program
    • 5-Minute Catchup Podcast
  • Care across the continuum
    • ACT & SNSW HealthPathways
    • After hours home-based palliative care medication
  • Vulnerable groups
    • Integrated AOD and Primary Care Outreach Services during COVID-19
    • Primary health care for vulnerable people: Early Morning Centre
    • HIV Program
  • Mental health
    • The Regional Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan
    • Suicide prevention: LifeSpan
    • Mental health support: Next Step
    • Support following a suicide attempt: The Way Back Support Service
    • Borderline Personality Disorder: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for Emerging Adults
    • Psychosocial support for people with mental illness
    • Mental health services for young people: headspace
  • Aged Care
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
    • Cultural Competency Framework
    • Cultural Awareness Training
    • Integrated Team Care Program
    • GP Respiratory Clinics
    • Connected
  • Digital health
    • Telehealth by HealthDirect Video Call
    • Supporting specialists use My Health Record
  • Alcohol and Other Drugs
  • Chronic disease management
• Financial Statements

From the Chair and CEO

CHN Chair Dr Lyndal Thorburn and CEO Megan Cahill outline the highlights of CHN in 2019/20.

COVID-19 response

CHN worked in partnership with key stakeholders to address COVID-19, particularly in primary care and residential aged care. We distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to general practice, community pharmacy and allied health providers. We facilitated the establishment of three GP Respiratory Clinics to increase COVID-19 testing options. And we supported general practice with business continuity advice and education via webinar.

Priority areas

Financial Statements

Click here to download the CHN 2019/20 Financial Statements.

Capital Health Network acknowledges the Ngunnawal/Ngambri people and pays our respect to their Elders, both past and present.