Primary Health
Primary Health seeks to protect and promote the health of defined communities and to identify and manage acute and chronic health problems at an early stage.
The functions of Primary Health include:
- Risk assessment and risk management.
- Emergency response.
- Assessment, referral and short term treatment for chronic conditions.
- Prevention, early detection and intervention.
- Ongoing care for chronic conditions.
Primary Health provides the following services, special programs and support functions:
- Specific programs for the frail aged.
- General practitioner services.
- Oral health services.
- Specific programs for Aboriginal people with chronic conditions.
- Pharmacy and Radiology Services.
- Medical appointments through the Medical Appointments Unit.
- Physiotherapy service at Long Bay Correctional Complex.
Primary Health provides healthcare services in rural, remote and metropolitan correctional centres. These services are provided by a range of medical, nursing and allied health professionals.