Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) Health Needs Assessment

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) Health Needs Assessment

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is a not-for-profit organisation with a vision of “Well People. Resilient Communities” . MPHN achieves this vision by understanding the region’s health needs to inform:

 funding services to meet population health needs;  integrating local services and systems and improve coordination of care; and  supporting the development of a local sustainable health care workforce through quality improvement and professional development.

This Needs Assessment will be for a three year period and cover 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025. It will be reviewed and updated as needed during this period.

MPHN’s Health Needs Assessment (HNA) provides an understanding of the Murrumbidgee region, taking a detailed and systematic approach to reviewing the population’s health needs and health services to identify and prioritise service gaps and key issues and interventions to address these.

MPHN places an emphasis on listening to the local communities that make up the region. Understanding the evidence of the health conditions and risks is complemented by talking with and listening to our local communities. Our community’s involvement in shaping the decisions about services is key to uptake of those services resulting in better health outcomes.

MPHN takes a person centred approach looking at community through a lens of groups within the population such as; mother’s children and youth, older people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the general population.

MPHN uses both quantitative and qualitative data gathered through data analysis and through stakeholder and community consultation to triangulate information that provides evidence of gaps.

Once MPHN identify key issues for local communities, identified gaps are then prioritised for activity through relevant Department of Health funding schedules and in line with key priorities.

PHNs have seven key priority areas guiding their work including:

 mental health;  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health;  population health;  health workforce;  digital heath;  aged care; and  alcohol and other drugs