Respond to issues relating to suicide
26% non-Aboriginal, 30.8% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
MPHN 2021: Table 193: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander five most serious health and wellbeing concerns for your community as a whole MPHN 2021: Table 206: Five most serious health and wellbeing concerns for your community as a whole
Respond to issues relating to drug and alcohol misuse including access to services
52.9% non-Aboriginal, 71.8% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
MPHN 2021: Table 193: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander five most serious health and wellbeing concerns for your community as a whole MPHN 2021: Table 206: Five most serious health and wellbeing concerns for your community as a whole
58% non-Aboriginal, 72% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
MPHN 2021: Table 194: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service access MPHN 2021: Table 207: Service access
Respond to issues relating to ageing issues
Difficulty accessing 54% non-Aboriginal, 56% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
MPHN 2021: Table 194: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service access
Ageing issues 58.5% non-Aboriginal
MPHN 2021: Table 206: Five most serious health and wellbeing concerns for your community as a whole
Summary services and workforce General practice attendances in MPHN are lower than Australia. MPHN has a lower proportion of adults who have had a usual GP for more than five years compared with Australia. MPHN residents report waiting longer than acceptable to get an appointment with their GP and are less likely to report that explanations of their test results are given in a way that’s easy to understand. MPHN residents are less likely to report quality of healthcare received from their usual place of care being excellent. In the after-hours period attendances at GPs are much lower in MPHN compared with NSW and Australia and availability of a GP weekdays after 6pm or on the weekends is significantly lower than Australia and NSW. GP attendance in residential aged care facilities are also lower in MPHN compared with Australia and NSW. Less adults reported speaking to their health professional about emotional or psychological health, or saw a health professional when they needed to, mostly due to embarrassment. Reduced attendance in general practice in hours and after hours highlights the potential for workforce shortages that exist through most rural and regional areas, this is the case in the Murrumbidgee region. Additionally results suggest that health literacy could be impacted by MPHN results. Of the general practices in the Murrumbidgee region in 2020-21, the main areas of interest are women’s health, dermatology, mental health and paediatrics. The majority of practices completed cultural training more than two years ago. Several programs such as GoShare (health literacy), Lumos (data linkage), emergency response planning tool and winter strategy are delivered in general practice often with engaged practices participating in all programs on offer. Continuous professional development was attended mainly by practice nurses and medical personnel. 30 | P a g e
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