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Collaborative Commissioning: Care Partnership – Diabetes
The Care Partnership – Diabetes (CP-D) program is designed to improve health outcomes for people living with type 2 diabetes in Far West and Western NSW by enhancing patient access to quality diabetes care; supporting the capability of health practitioners; partnering with GP practices and ACCHSs; and improving the integration of the primary health and hospital system.
CP-D is funded by the NSW Ministry of Health’s Collaborative Commissioning program and contributions from a partnership comprising Far West NSW Local Health District (LHD), Western NSW LHD, Western NSW Primary Health Network and RDN.
CP-D’s areas of focus and services include:
Patient access
- Far West Diabetes Service
- Western Diabetes Hub
- Type 2 Diabetes case conferencing*
- Enhanced diabetes services at GP practices and ACCHSs**
Professional development
- Diabetes upskilling events
- Grants for professional development
- Type 2 Diabetes ECHO series
- Diabetes community of practice
- Health professional support
System and quality improvements
- HealthPathways
- INCA EVO
- LUMOS
- Healthdirect Video Call platform
*Available for GP practices and ACCHSs in the Western NSW LHD region
**Available for selected GP practices and ACCHSs in the Western LHD region
CP-D is being evaluated with the aim of sustaining demonstrably beneficial services and system changes by providing evidence to inform regional, state and national policy decisions.
More information:
Detailed information about accessing CP-D services is available on the CP-D program webpage and the Western NSW ‘program-on-a-page’ below.
