Health Services
General Practice ServicesRural Womens’ GP Program (RWGP)Primary Health Care Nurse, Derby BasePartnership With Derby Aboriginal Health ServicesAviation Charter OperationsAircraft Charter OperatorsLocation and Schedule Of Primary Health Care ClinicsRequests For New Clinic LocationsPrimary Health Care ClinicsQuality of ServicesRFDS on the Road
Primary Health Care
RFDS (Western Operations) has a strong commitment to deliver quality primary health care services. We also aim to increase collaboration and development of partnerships with other departments and agencies, in efforts to redress differences between the health of rural and remote Australians and their metropolitan counterparts. These differences include, but are not limited to:
- poorer health status, especially for a number of key health indicators and in key disease areas
- greater exposure to a range of health risk factors
- lower socio-economic status
- higher death rates, and
- higher proportions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The Director of Nursing and Primary Health Care has overall responsibility for the primary health care portfolio, including funding, service levels and management of aviation charter contracts. Aviation charter operators provide the transport for flying clinics, however in some areas, RFDS (Western Operations) staff travel by road.
Last Updated: 22/08/2007