July Conversations on the Couch postponed

The Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) Conversations on the Couch session scheduled to be held in Coolamon on Friday 30 July 2021 has been postponed.

MPHN’s Planning and Reporting Manager Toni Preuss said the decision was not taken lightly but was unavoidable given the current COVID-19 situation.

“We will watch the situation over the next few weeks and if possible we will reschedule Coolamon for late August. If Coolamon is not possible next month it will be placed on the priority list for next year,” Ms Preuss said.

“We would like to encourage community members to still contribute by taking one of our online surveys. The information provided is invaluable in guiding MPHN’s understanding of community concerns and experiences and the development of the region’s Health Needs Assessment.”

Conversations on the Couch is an MPHN initiative to capture health needs and concerns of local communities across the Murrumbidgee region as part of its Health Needs Assessment.

MPHN Acting CEO Julie Redway said the organisation’s Health Needs Assessment is a three-yearly document to help identify opportunities for improving health outcomes.

“This year we are working to develop our 2022-2024 Health Needs Assessment for the Murrumbidgee region and this will guide our future activities by helping to identify gaps and needs in health and how MPHN can support these needs,” Ms Redway said.

“One of the most important ways in which we measure if we have the right services in the right places at the right time is by asking people of the Murrumbidgee to give us feedback about what they need and we hope to get back to Coolamon in the coming months.”

To provide feedback via a survey visit www.mphn.org.au/hna and scroll down to the blue survey buttons.