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Partners

WentWest and the Mt Druitt Medical Practitioners Association (MDMPA) joined forces to establish Healthicare, a Neighbourhood Health Hub, operating at the centre of the Blacktown Exercise Sports and Technology Hub (BEST).

Aligned with the recommendations in the Primary Health Care 10-Year Plan, this neighbourhood aims to build the primary health care workforce in the region, tailored to the community and working in partnership with other providers, to deliver affordable, accessible, preventative, quality health care.

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Aerial view of a community.

Healthicare is also supported by Blacktown City Council, the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, community organisations and local schools and aims to connect community, bringing health and wellbeing to the Blacktown Exercise Sports and Technology Hub (BEST).

There is an opportunity over time, for Healthicare to be positioned as a centre of excellence for training, mentoring and research through the clinic’s work.

If you are interested in finding out more about how you can partner with Healthicare, email partnerships@healthicare.org.au

Core principles

Value

Building a sustainable ecosystem for general practitioners 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

What is Healthicare?

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.

Why is Healthicare being established in Western Sydney?

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 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.

Who are the Healthicare partners?

Healthicare is a locally-led initiative established in partnership with the Mt Druitt Medical Practitioners Association (MDMPA).

Who are the Healthicare supporters?

WentWest, Blacktown City Council and the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network.

How can potential partners become involved in Healthicare?

If you are interested in finding out more about how you can partner with Healthicare, email partnerships@healthicare.org.au

What services are available?

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.

Who can access Healthicare?

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.

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

Healthicare is a locally-led initiative, established in partnership with the Mt Druitt Medical Practitioners Association and was supported by WentWest. Healthicare will work with many partners spanning the broader health and social sector, including allied health, community health, hospitals, community organisations, local schools and more.