Health Professionals
Healthicare will work collaboratively with health care professionals, supporting the delivery of targeted and integrated primary care services, through a transformative collaborative neighbourhood- based model of care, and improve the health and social outcomes of the most vulnerable families. This includes extremely socio-economically disadvantaged patients with multiple co-morbidities.
To minimise barriers to accessing health care services, Healthicare aims to address the long waitlists in our region and will provide no out-of-pocket costs for patients.
The service model will:
- Support the delivery of high quality evidence-based and patient-centred primary health care aligned to the Patient Centred Medical Home model and enhanced specialised primary care models.
- Provide collaborative referral pathways to and from the Healthicare hub and other service providers to increase access and availability of services.
- Have a dedicated multidisciplinary clinical and non-clinical team supplemented by a range of visiting and neighbourhood-based service providers.
- Provide a spectrum of holistic primary care services and referrals to social services required to support vulnerable families.
Team-based care team
Healthicare’s team-based care team is a critical element in transforming the way care is delivered. A care team is a small group of clinical and non-clinical staff who, together with a provider, are responsible for the health and wellbeing of a population of patients.
The Healthicare care team will consist of:
nurses
support team
workers
health providers
What are the benefits for health professionals of surrounding medical practices?
Access to the latest state-of-the-art equipment
Working with like-minded health professionals and being supported by a multidisciplinary team
Opportunities to participate in our primary care planning for the outer Western Sydney community
Adding value to the service you are already offering to your patients today
Connecting you to all our commissioned services
Opportunities to upskill
How do your patients access Healthicare?
We are currently developing referral pathways to allow access into Healthicare, encompassing:
Local hospitals and community services, typically for more complex or acute care
The Kids Early Years (KEYS) Network – KEYS families can be referred to Healthicare for clinical services and families can be referred if they meet the vulnerability criteria
Preferred neighbourhood partners using HealthPathways
Local radiology providers – practices that provide radiology services near the Healthicare hub
Other primary care providers to support ongoing management, for example, dental and other allied health services
How do I get involved?
If you would like to know more about how you can work with the Healthicare hub, please email the Healthicare team at admin@healthicare.org.au
Core principles
Value
Building a sustainable ecosystem for GPs within our local health community, assisting with the complexity of disease management.
Equity
Providing access to quality health care and health literacy for all children and families to build healthier communities and empowered individuals.
Integration
A multidisciplinary team of coordinated care between general practice and your local hub.
Partnership
Improving coordination of care for children and families at risk of poor health outcomes to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
Empowerment
Increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of medical services for patients.
Flexibility and Agility
The ability to adapt and change for the local community and in extended support for surrounding practices.
FAQs
At Healthicare, we are committed to providing comprehensive care that addresses the social determinants of poor health outcomes for disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. We have partnered with the Mt Druitt Medical Practitioners Association (MDMPA) to create a Neighbourhood Health Hub that serves as an extension to neighbouring general practices and other providers. Our goal is to provide access to wraparound services that support those with complex care needs.
Western Sydney is an incredibly diverse region, home to 1,080,817 people with 57% of the region using a language other than English at home (Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021)).
Healthicare aims to work collaboratively with health care professionals in to deliver targeted and integrated primary care services, through a transformative collaborative neighbourhood-based model of care and improve the health and social outcomes of the most vulnerable families. This includes extremely socio-economically disadvantaged patients with multiple co-morbidities.
- Access to the latest state-of-the-art equipment
- Working with like-minded health professionals and being supported by a multidisciplinary team
- Opportunities to participate in our primary care planning for the outer Western Sydney community
- Adding value to the service you are already offering to your patients
- Connecting you to all of our commissioned services
- Opportunities to upskill
The Healthicare team will deliver both usual health care and specialised child and family health services. Healthicare’s core team consists of:
- GPs
- Practice nurses
- Practice support team
- Social workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Select allied health providers
If you would like to know more about how you can work with the Healthicare hub, please email the Healthicare team at admin@healthicare.org.au
We are currently developing referral pathways to allow access into Healthicare, encompassing:
- Local hospitals and community services, typically for more complex or acute care
- The Kids Early Years (KEYS) Network – KEYS families can be referred to Healthicare for clinical services and families can be referred if they meet the vulnerability criteria
- Preferred neighbourhood partners using HealthPathways
- Local radiology providers – practices that provide radiology services near the Healthicare hub
- Other primary care providers to support ongoing management, for example, dental and other allied health services
Healthicare aims to cater for everyone who requires holistic health services, utilising GPs with special interest in child and family, complex chronic conditions and mental health as a start, although we expect to be expanding our services and capacity as per needs.
Our aim is to wrap health care services into one unified Neighbourhood Health Hub, supporting surrounding general practice with access and services for those with complex care needs.
We offer general GP services, in addition to patient-activated measures, helping assist patients navigate problems you may have with your health from a new perspective.
Healthicare is available to anyone who requires access to health care services we offer. We support neighbouring GPs who may wish to refer their patients and are also available to community members who do not have a regular GP.
We are especially looking forward to caring for families with young children, complex chronic conditions and mental health concerns.
No referral is required to book an appointment.
Yes, Healthicare is a bulk-billing general practice and all eligible services are bulk-billed for patients with a valid Medicare card.
Your Healthicare Hub
Gate A,
Blacktown International Sportspark (BISP),
Ground Floor, Health Hub (Healthicare),
Blacktown Exercise Sports
and Technology Hub (BEST),
25 Blacktown Olympic Avenue, Rooty Hill, NSW 2766