Active Local Health Advisory Committees, involving more than 180 community volunteers

Years of collaboration marked by the Murrumbidgee Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Alliance

Care finders and PHN representatives from four regions connected through the Regional Care Finder Community of Practice

Authentic engagement and partnerships

Better health outcomes are built through relationships – with communities, providers and organisations that bring different knowledge, experience and perspectives to the table.

During 2025-2026, MPHN continued to deepen partnerships across the Murrumbidgee and beyond. Local Health Advisory Committees brought community voices into health planning, while regional alliances connected lived experience, service providers and organisations around shared mental health, suicide prevention and aged care priorities.

Collaboration through the Murrumbidgee Health and Knowledge Precinct is helping shift regional planning towards a more integrated ‘One Health System’ approach, while communities of practice created opportunities to share expertise across regional boundaries.

At the heart of this work is a simple principle: better solutions emerge when the people who understand communities firsthand help shape them.

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Partnerships that make a difference

Strong partnerships give MPHN access to something data alone cannot provide: the knowledge, experience and relationships of people who understand their communities firsthand. Throughout 2025-26, the Murrumbidgee Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Alliance, and Murrumbidgee Suicide Prevention and Aftercare Collaborative continued to provide important forums for listening, sharing expertise and turning regional priorities into collective action.

LHACs: Community voices shaping better healthcare

Local Health Advisory Committees (LHACs) play a vital role in ensuring healthcare reflects the needs of the communities it serves. Working with MPHN and MLHD, 26 active LHAC committees operate across the Murrumbidgee, with more than 180 volunteers identifying local health needs, providing feedback, advocating for improved access to care and promoting health literacy and wellbeing.

Working as one for a healthier Murrumbidgee

Some of the Murrumbidgee’s biggest health challenges cannot be solved by any one organisation or approach. Through its involvement in the Murrumbidgee Health and Knowledge Precinct, MPHN is working with partners across health, education, research, local industry, government and community to build a more connected, innovative and sustainable health system for the region.

Connecting care finders across regions

Helping vulnerable older people navigate the aged care system can involve much more than finding the right service. Care finders often work with people experiencing social isolation, poor health, housing insecurity, or other complex circumstances, who may have no family or trusted person to help them navigate the system.

Authentic engagement and partnerships

Operational agility and excellence

Effective leadership and governance