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Murray PHN is pleased to release its ninth and biggest ever Report to the Community. The 2024 report details many of the local primary health programs we have funded and supported and includes some of the very personal stories of staff and dedicated health and community professionals that we work with every day.
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The Murray Health Report is published each year, to provide information to our communities on the health priorities that matter most to them. The latest edition focuses on multiculturism.
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Murray PHN’s latest Strategic Plan, puts a renewed focus on prevention and early intervention, managing complex care in the community and targeting sustainable rural health care. It was developed with input from community members, health practitioners, advisory councils and regional health services.
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Every three years, Murray PHN conducts a major Health Needs Assessment with expert analysis, supported by community consultation. Together with supplementary Health Needs Assessments and other key reports, helps us to identify and analyse health and service needs in our region and prioritise activity to address those needs.
Our original 2022-2025 Health Needs Assessment was submitted to the Department of Health and Aged Care and approved in April 2022. This refreshed Assessment was submitted in November 2023 and approved in January 2024.
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The Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care issues funding schedules to Murray PHN and each schedule outlines the aim of funding, specific obligations to be delivered and reporting accountabilities. While funding schedules apply over multiple years, Murray PHN is required to submit annual work plans (AWP) against each schedule for each forward year, and report against progress as part of 12-month performance reports.
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As we progress into our ninth year as a Primary Health Network, we have continued to grow and adapt to our changing environment, never wavering from our core purpose of using the funding we receive to benefit and improve the health outcomes of our communities.
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Murray PHN’s Commissioning Framework shows how we partner with consumers, carers and communities, as well as clinical and non-clinical health professionals and government organisations, to improve health outcomes for those in greatest need.
Since PHNs began in 2015, Murray PHN has been moving towards a relational commissioning approach, which emphasises mutual strategies and priorities, along with strong engagement, trust and communication to achieve quality outcomes from programs, projects and services.
Primary Mental Health Services Guidelines
The Primary Mental Health Services Guidelines outline the scope, eligibility requirements, clinical governance obligations and workforce requirements specific to the provision of Murray PHN funded services.- Part A Program Guidelines for all Murray PHN commissioned services
- Part B Program Specific Information – the specific requirements for each commissioned service streams:
- Part C – Data Capture and Reporting Specifications for all Murray PHN commissioned services.
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PHNs have been established with the key objectives of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of medical services for people, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes, and improving coordination of care to ensure people receive the right care in the right place at the right time.
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Cultural Humility, Cultural Responsiveness and Cultural Safety are the three main concepts we are focused on – concepts that are enhanced by four key primary healthcare principles – governance, partnerships, workforce and inclusive, or wraparound, care. As part of our work in implementing our First Nations Health and Healing Strategy, Murray PHN aims to guide and strengthen the growing capacity of our local primary health workforce, as they work in partnership with First Nations Peoples to deliver culturally informed, responsive and safe services. Through this Cultural Humility Framework, we hope you will join us in recognising that we have much to learn and do, to achieve reconciliation and improved health outcomes for First Nations Peoples.
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This year, the national PHN Cooperative, made up of 30 PHNs across Australia, developed a key strategy on multicultural health, in its PHN Multicultural Health Framework. The framework is designed to be a roadmap to improvement and to be flexible, rather than prescriptive, in order to guide planning and implementation at a local level, in line with local needs.
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Murray Health Reports
- Murray Health Report: the importance of primary healthcare (November 2023)
- Murray Health Report: primary healthcare workforce (November 2022)
- Murray Health Report: healthy ageing in our region (May 2022)
- Murray Health Report: health in our region (October 2021)
- Murray Health Report: mental health in our region (May 2021)
Reports to the Community
- 2023 Report to the Community
- 2022 Report to the Community
- 2021 Report to the Community
- 2020 Report to the Community
- 2019 Report to the Community
- 2018 Report to the Community
- 2017 Report to the Community
- 2016 Report to the Community
Needs Assessments
- Murray PHN 2018-2022 Needs Assessment
- 2018-2022 Needs Assessment: November 2018
- 2017/2018 Needs Assessment
- 2016/17 Needs Assessment
- 2016 Needs Assessment
Activity Work Plans
- PHN Core Funding | Activity Work Plan 2016-2018
- PHN After Hours Funding | Activity Work Plan 2016-2018
- PHN Drug and Alcohol Treatment | Activity Work Plan 2016-2019
- PHN Integrated Team Care Funding | Activity Work Plan 2016-2018
- PHN Primary Mental Health Care Funding | Activity Work Plan 2016-2019
- Operational and Flexible Fund | Six month report 12 February 2016
Strategic Plans
- Murray PHN Strategic Plan 2022 extension
- Murray PHN Strategic Plan 2018-2022
- Murray PHN Strategic Plan 2016-18
Foundation documents
- 2023 Finance Report
- 2022 Financial Report
- 2021 Financial Report
- 2020 Financial Report
- 2019 Financial Report
- 2018 Financial Report
- 2017 Financial Report
- 2016 Financial Report
Frameworks
Key documents
Learn more about the work of Murray PHN