In recent years, the Mid North Coast and Northern NSW have experienced catastrophic disasters that have deeply impacted our communities and the service system that seeks to support them.
The coordinated efforts of Healthy North Coast and primary health care providers across the region ensured continued access to critical health services for the community.
To further support and enhance the primary care workforce’s resilience and preparedness for future disaster shocks and stresses, Healthy North Coast has partnered with ResilientCo to deliver a series of in-person disaster capacity-building workshops.
These interactive workshops will support you, your business and the local primary health care system, providing practical outputs for attendees through facilitated business continuity planning, a shared understanding of state-mandated arrangements as they relate to primary care, an overview of what’s been developed and implemented locally in response to the 2022 events, and international best practice preparedness testing through a disaster scenario exercise.
Click the links below for more information and to register for a workshop:
- Tweed Heads, Tuesday 7 May
Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club, 131 Marine Parade, Kingscliff NSW 2487
7:00am to 10:30am (tea, coffee and breakfast provided) - Lismore, Wednesday 8 May
Room A2.06 Southern Cross University, Military Rd, Lismore NSW 2480
7:00am to 10:30am (tea, coffee and breakfast provided) - Grafton, Thursday 9 May
Vines at 139, 139 Fitzroy St, Grafton NSW 2460
7:00am to 10:30am (tea, coffee and breakfast provided) - Ballina, Friday 10 May
Healthy North Coast, 106-108 Tamar Street, Ballina NSW 2478
7:00am to 10:30am (tea, coffee and breakfast provided)
After our recent Mid North Coast workshops we heard:
"The presenters were knowledgeable and engaging, with real world experience."
"The session was relevant, networking with other health professionals on the topic and participant involvement in the scenario exercise was valuable."
"The resources, tools and training provided in the workshop will assist our practice to strengthen business continuity planning, improving our practice’s knowledge of responsibilities, roles, and dependencies to be disaster ready"
Who should attend?
- Health service provider owners and practice principals
- Practice managers
- General practitioners
- Primary health care workforce, including pharmacy and allied health.
Learning outcomes
- Enable a more coordinated system in event of disaster, by supporting primary health providers to prepare, plan and implement business continuity and resilience activities
- Enhance clarity of roles and responsibilities of the local primary healthcare workforce when responding to disasters and adverse events
- Increase understanding of mandated disaster support arrangements and how the local primary health care system fits within these
- Provide international best practice for disaster preparedness through disaster scenario exercises to test emergency response plans, explore challenges, management opportunities and identify areas for improvement
- Provide a supporting reflective space for primary health providers to share learnings from past disaster events.
Certificates
Certificates will be provided upon request for self-reporting CPD.
