{"id":752,"date":"2025-09-16T11:34:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/?page_id=752"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:26:59","slug":"integrative-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/?page_id=752","title":{"rendered":"Integrative Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"752\" class=\"elementor elementor-752\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4730b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c4730b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f553267 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f553267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INTEGRATIVE CARE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a63dcd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a63dcd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f125ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f125ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Division Representative<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Dr Wayne Cooper (<a href=\"mailto:admin@stgdgp.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admin@stgdgp.org.au<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fad0a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fad0a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Interprofessional collaboration and care integration across services are essential for ensuring a safe transition from hospital to community-based services<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/li><li>This requires an integrated multidisciplinary approach to care provision across tertiary, secondary and primary care services<\/li><li>It needs:<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; meaningful interdisciplinary collaboration and effective communication, especially for vulnerable patient groups<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0-strong organisational leadership and infrastructure investment<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0-Individual, professional and organisational relationships built over time to promote effective interprofessional collaboration<\/p><p>However, universal communication mechanisms between hospital and community-based services need to be improved which is why the integrative care committee is such a vital point of advocacy in our region<\/p><p><strong>WHO ARE WE?<\/strong><\/p><p>A network of health care professionals in SESLHD and CESPHN.<\/p><p><strong>WHY WE EXIST?<\/strong><\/p><p>To improve communication between general practices &amp; St George Hospital, &amp; to streamline the navigation of services &amp; referral pathways.<\/p><p><strong>WHAT WE DO?<\/strong><\/p><p>We collaborate with stakeholders to create changes that drive improvements in care.<\/p><p><strong>WHAT WE WANT?<\/strong><\/p><p>Your ongoing issues and ideas to help us solve challenges and improve patient outcomes.<\/p><p><strong>HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED?<\/strong><\/p><p>Email Kylie, at <a href=\"mailto:kylie.turner1@health.nsw.gov.au\">kylie.turner1@health.nsw.gov.au<\/a>\u00a0 to join the network &amp; make a difference.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Green J., Ang N., Harris-Roxas B., Baird K., Roth H. and Henry A., Exploring Australian knowledge and Practice for Maternal Postnatal Transition of Care Between Hospital and Primary Care &#8211; A scoping review \u2013 Women and Birth 38 (2025) 101852<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTEGRATIVE CARE Division Representative Dr Wayne Cooper (admin@stgdgp.org.au) Interprofessional collaboration and care integration across services are essential for ensuring a safe transition from hospital to community-based services[1] This requires an integrated multidisciplinary approach to care provision across tertiary, secondary and primary care services It needs: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; meaningful interdisciplinary collaboration and effective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-752","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":986,"href":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgdgp.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}