Northern Territory Australian better health initiative (ABHI) primary care integration project

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

Initiated in May 2008, this partnership project was funded through the Council of Australian Governments' Australian better health initiative (ABHI) agreement to improve Service Integration, and involves the Department of Health and Ageing, Department of Health and Families, General Practice Network NT, AMSANT, Healthy Living NT and NT Consumers.

The aim of this project is to improve the management of chronic conditions through informing policy and practice. As many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with conditions such as end-stage renal disease need to be relocated in regional centres to undertake appropriate treatment, this primary care integration project provides support to patients in their new locations.

Abstract adapted from Department of Health and Families

Contacts

Darwin
General Practice Network NT (GPNNT)
PO Box 2562
Darwin 0801 NT
Stuart House
5 Shepherd Street
Darwin 0800 NT
Ph: (08) 8982 1000
Fax: (08) 8981 5899
Email: gpnnt@gpnnt.org.au

Alice Springs
General Practice Network NT (GPNNT)
PO Box 1195
Alice Springs 0871 NT
Remote Health Precinct
5 Skinner Street
Alice Springs 0870 NT
Ph: (08) 8950 4800
Fax: (08) 8952 3536
Email: gpnnt@gpnnt.org.au

Related publications

Race K, Nash F (2010)

NT Australian Better Health Initiative (ABHI) project: primary care integration.

The Chronicle; 16(1): 8-9

• Links
• View publication: NT Australian Better Health Initiative (ABHI) project: primary care integration (PDF - 2.4 MB)
• View information: The Chronicle
• View website: Chronic Diseases Network

Links

• View information: Improving Indigenous Access to Mainstream Primary Health Care Services
• View website: General Practice Network NT