Aboriginal health

This is an exciting opportunity for Elders, community members, Aboriginal Health Practitioners, and health professionals to provide expert, considered advice and strategic direction to MPHN’s Board and key activities relating to First Nations health and wellbeing programs and services.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is proud to launch a new toolkit designed to help GPs and general practice staff create culturally safe and inclusive environments for First Nations patients. 

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) announced the launch of its inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) this week.

MPHN and its Board, firsthealth Limited, recognise the importance for Australia’s First Nations people to be heard and represented, which is critical to achieving better health outcomes and assists in Closing the Gap.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) has released an updated Health Needs Assessment profile of the region’s First Nations community on behalf of the Murrumbidgee Aboriginal Health Consortium.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is inviting the wider community to unite this Sunday to celebrate and recognise the achievements and evolution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners across the Murrumbidgee region.

In early June, Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) held a Yarns on the Couch session at the Deniliquin Yarkuwa Knowledge Centre to hear from local Aboriginal people about their health experiences and needs.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is seeking feedback on the specific health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the Wagga Wagga region to incorporate into its updated Health Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Murrumbidgee region.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is seeking feedback on the specific health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the Deniliquin region this month to incorporate into its updated Health Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Murrumbidgee region.

Seven Tumut locals took the opportunity to share their health experiences and needs at the recent Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) Yarns on the Couch session held on Thursday 7 April at the Cooee Cottage.

Twenty four Hay locals took the opportunity to share their health experiences and needs at recent Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) Yarns on the Couch sessions held on Tuesday 22 March.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is seeking feedback on the specific health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the Murrumbidgee region to incorporate into its updated Health Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Murrumbidgee region.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is seeking feedback on the specific health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the Murrumbidgee region to incorporate into its updated Health Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Murrumbidgee region.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is encouraging the wider community to join them this Saturday to celebrate and recognise the contributions and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners across the Murrumbidgee region.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is seeking feedback on the specific health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the Murrumbidgee region to incorporate into its updated Health Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Murrumbidgee region.

Wirajduri elder Aunty Gail Manderson has joined Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation (RivMed) in a call for more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to get their COVID-19 vaccination as part of an ongoing marketing campaign by Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN).

MPHN staff have marked the beginning of National Reconciliation Week with a workshop and forum, led by former MPHN board member Associate Professor Faye McMillan, focusing on the development of the MPHN Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Following from the recent NAIDOC Week, the Murrumbidgee Aboriginal Health Consortium (The Consortium) has released a three-year plan to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Murrumbidgee region.

On behalf of the Murrumbidgee Aboriginal Health Consortium, MPHN is calling for local Aboriginal artists or designers to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) to produce a piece of artwork for use in publications, website and social media.

Today MPHN staff celebrated National Close the Gap Day with a morning tea to raise awareness of the continuing gap in health and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians.

Today, Senator Jim Molan, Senator for New South Wales formally launched a new service designed to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing difficulty with work or education due to drug or alcohol use.