Connecting clinicians to embrace
innovation
We connect clinicians to shape and deliver healthcare innovation. Together, we’re building dynamic, sustainable networks that lead change and drive improvement.
Strength in clinical collaboration
Our 36 clinical networks, institutes and taskforces bring clinicians, health leaders and consumers together to drive change and share knowledge across different clinical areas and settings.
They do this through education and engagement events, working groups, communities of practice, research, consultation and more. Our networks are always looking for ways to enhance how we work within and across disciplines to remain vibrant, diverse, efficient and relevant.
- Networks have refreshed their leadership groups and consumer representatives, including our Transition Care and Rural Health networks.
- The former Aboriginal Chronic Conditions Network is now the Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Network, with an expanded leadership group and growing membership.
- A new stream of work was established across networks, enabling teams to rapidly develop mental health reform pilots.
Bringing together health and community partners across the system
We partnered with the NSW Health Mental Health Branch to host the NSW Universal Aftercare Forum in May. The two-day hybrid event brought together 200 suicide prevention stakeholders from across NSW Health, primary health networks and community organisations.
- The forum fostered partnerships, collaboration and innovation in aftercare to help improve care and outcomes for people experiencing a suicidal attempt or crisis.
- Dr Brendan Flynn, Executive Director of the Mental Health Branch, officially opened the event and launched the NSW Universal Aftercare Service Delivery Model – a major milestone in aftercare reform.
Turning patient insights into impactful change at our PRMs Symposium
We hosted our third annual Patient Reported Measures Symposium in August. The event focused on ‘Driving Impactful Change: Empowering Patient Voices for Transformative Healthcare’.
- 700+ people joined the hybrid event, bringing together clinicians, consumers, researchers and PRMs experts to share innovation and best practice.
- Gail Garvey and Kirsten Howard delivered the keynote on ‘What Matters 2 Adults – a new, culturally appropriate wellbeing measure developed with, and for, First Nations people’.
- 24 presentations explored how PRMs are influencing healthcare by enhancing patient-centred care, informing clinical decisions, and fostering meaningful engagement between patients and healthcare providers.
Addressing complex challenges across clinical areas
Our Co-chair Conversations series of events bring together co-chairs from across our 36 clinical networks to connect, collaborate, and share knowledge and insights.
It’s an opportunity for co-chairs to engage directly with our senior leaders, sharing priorities, complex health system challenges, and the innovative ways the system is improving healthcare delivery.
This year’s Co-chairs Informal session addressed complex issues like rural health, Closing the Gap, research and mental health.
Enhancing clinicians' skills and expertise through education
We hosted education events to build capability among clinicians across many disciplines.
- A two-day workshop led by Laura Worthing, co-chair of the Menopause Community of Interest, united more than 50 physiotherapists from across NSW to deepen their clinical skills in evidence-based menopause management.
- Mid North Coast LHD and the ACI partnered to launch a culturally safe Aboriginal Community Diabetes Education Service in the Hastings region, strengthening support for Aboriginal people through tailored education and self-management resources.
- Our bi-monthly Virtual Care Exchange Forums continue to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing; and educate clinicians and health services on implementing virtual care.
- Our Institute of Trauma and Injury Management (ITIM) hosted 4 hybrid trauma team training webinars this year, with more than 1,900 attendees. Regular ITIM Leaders' Forums also brought together key stakeholders across health, community and government agencies to strengthen trauma prevention measures, such as the use of e-scooters and e-bikes.
- ITIM, along with our Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Drug and Alcohol Networks were proud to take part in Australia’s leading youth road safety event, BStreetSmart. Around 600 students interacted with our booth trying on real medical equipment.
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Collaborating across borders for mental health
Our Mental Health Network continues to share expertise and connect with clinicians globally, fostering collaboration that improves the health system in NSW and further afield.
The network:
- collaborated with South Australia Health to launch their suicide prevention pathway, which was adapted from the ACI's NSW suicide care pathway
- hosted an international roundtable of mental health professionals to explore how different states and countries enable change, support clinicians and sustain system improvements
- attended the Zero Suicide International Conference to share best-practice suicide care and change readiness that informed the development of Australia’s first whole-of-health suicide care policy.
