2021 Primary Healthcare Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2021 MPHN Primary Healthcare Award winners!

Outstanding Contribution to Leadership in Primary Healthcare

Kylie Perry

Kylie Perry established and led the Murrumbidgee Pain Hub to improve the management of patients with persistent pain using a collaborative, multi-disciplinary model delivering nine, collaborative professional development sessions, ensuring access to contemporary research and resources for local clinicians. Kylie demonstrated a commitment to the Murrumbidgee region by working with her colleagues across disciplines to create a nurturing learning environment for health professionals who are dedicated to supporting patients with persistent pain. Read more here.

Promoting Healthy Living

2021 Youth Mental Health Forum

The 2021 Youth Mental Health Forum was held at the Wagga Wagga Christian College and involved over 120 students and 20 teaching staff from 16 regional high schools. The aim of the forum was to empower young people to address mental health problems being faced by the individual, peers, family or broader community networks. The forum also aimed to build capacity within the school environment to effectively bring about change regarding mental health and wellbeing. Read more here.

Innovation

Alternative Workforce Program - Gidget Foundation

After identifying that there were alternative clinicians in the region who could potentially deliver an appropriate and high quality clinical perinatal psychological service but who were currently unable to bill under Medicare’s Better Access Initiative, Gidget Foundation proposed and implemented an initiative to expand the criteria to include suitably experienced and qualified mental health clinicians and are now able to invest less time and resources on recruitment efforts for the Murrumbidgee region. Read more here.

Murrumbidgee Community Grant of the Year

Gogeldrie Community Gym

Murrumbidgee Community Grant recipient Gogeldrie Community Gym provides community members with a place to connect, gain confidence and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. The gym has become a place where community matters of concern are discussed, information is shared, and support is given. After a long period of drought, the members have become a close unit who value the safety and welfare of each other and promote the gym in the wider community. Read more here.