Type 1 - Connect

Living with diabetes affects people at all times of the day and night, and it's critical that people can access the medical care they need, when they need them.

The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care is undertaking a review of after hours primary care policies and programs. The Review will consider the need for primary care after hours services, the current state of after hours service provision and successful models of primary care after hours service provision.

In order for Diabetes Australia to contribute to the Review, we're keen for you to share your thoughts:
•    What's been your experience accessing medical services after hours? 
•    Can you access multi-disciplinary care after hours?
•    What works well?
•    What should be improved?
•    How do these enablers and barrier vary across Australia, and for different groups of people?
•    What is (or should be) the role of telehealth and home visits in the after hours care system?
•    What changes to after hours primary care policies and programs would be most effective in increasing after hours service provision?

You can respond in a comment to this post, or email our national manager of advocacy, James Farrell, at jfarrell@diabetesaustralia.com.au. You can also contribute directly to the Review by completing this survey. 

Thank you for your help with this.

I would like my Toowoomba diabetes services at the hospital to have oncall after hours support. Also there needs to be availability of free mental health services for newly diagnosed T1 diabetes patients, as they might need it straight away, this should be included in diabetes management team during the day and after hours. After care support should include Advice about insulin, the number of times I had questions to ask my de on a weekend. By time the diabetes services were available issue resolved it self. My diabetes educators and team only available Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm. So currently no help for after hours. 

Living with diabetes affects people at all times of the day and night, and it's critical that people can access the medical care they need, when they need them.

The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care is undertaking a review of after hours primary care policies and programs. The Review will consider the need for primary care after hours services, the current state of after hours service provision and successful models of primary care after hours service provision.

In order for Diabetes Australia to contribute to the Review, we're keen for you to share your thoughts:
•    What's been your experience accessing medical services after hours? 
•    Can you access multi-disciplinary care after hours?
•    What works well?
•    What should be improved?
•    How do these enablers and barrier vary across Australia, and for different groups of people?
•    What is (or should be) the role of telehealth and home visits in the after hours care system?
•    What changes to after hours primary care policies and programs would be most effective in increasing after hours service provision?

You can respond in a comment to this post, or email our national manager of advocacy, James Farrell, at jfarrell@diabetesaustralia.com.au. You can also contribute directly to the Review by completing this survey. 

Thank you for your help with this.

Living with diabetes affects people at all times of the day and night, and it's critical that people can access the medical care they need, when they need them.

The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care is undertaking a review of after hours primary care policies and programs. The Review will consider the need for primary care after hours services, the current state of after hours service provision and successful models of primary care after hours service provision.

In order for Diabetes Australia to contribute to the Review, we're keen for you to share your thoughts:
•    What's been your experience accessing medical services after hours? 
•    Can you access multi-disciplinary care after hours?
•    What works well?
•    What should be improved?
•    How do these enablers and barrier vary across Australia, and for different groups of people?
•    What is (or should be) the role of telehealth and home visits in the after hours care system?
•    What changes to after hours primary care policies and programs would be most effective in increasing after hours service provision?

You can respond in a comment to this post, or email our national manager of advocacy, James Farrell, at jfarrell@diabetesaustralia.com.au. You can also contribute directly to the Review by completing this survey. 

Thank you for your help with this.