PHC Connect

Building Capacity for Primary Health Care

Welcome to the Primary Health Care Connect Webpage

This web page is designed to provide you with easy access to information on current innovations and issues that are particularly relevant to the development of the primary and community health sector in New South Wales, Australia.

"There is hardly any health system reform in developed countries in the past five years which has not given PHC higher relative importance.. It is clear that PHC continues to be a fundamental component of health policy, and of health systems, in most of the world."  (WHO 2003)

Overview

Fact Sheets

Defining Primary Health Care

Key Functions of PHC

• Assessment, Referral, short term/episodic care



• Prevention and Early Intervention



• Ongoing care for chronic conditions



• Alternatives to Hospital



• Working with Communities



• Integrated Primary Health Care



• Tackling Health Inequalities