The new RPA HealthOne Green Square will provide local communities with access to specialised healthcare services to reduce presentations to emergency departments.
The purpose-built health hub - which officially opened today - will provide the local community with early intervention and community health.
The facility will link patients to specialist clinical services such as diabetes, cardiology, gastro, and liver clinics that would traditionally take place at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
The HealthOne facility is designed to encourage patients to see a specialist before their condition gets to a stage where they require a trip to the emergency room.
This is done through a partnership with the local GP network who will refer patients to see the doctors at the Green Square facility.
The HealthOne program is part of the NSW Government's ongoing commitment to providing out-of-hospital care, allowing us to ease pressure on the state's busy emergency departments.
The two-storey RPA HealthOne facility features eight consultation rooms, six treatment rooms, a range of meeting rooms and a gymnasium for patient therapy.
RPA HealthOne Green Square provides a range of services to the local community, including:
- Population Health Services
- Allied Health
- Aboriginal Health Services
- Child, Youth and Family Health
- Community Aged Care, Chronic Care and Rehabilitation Services
- Virtual Care
- Sexual Health
- Out-Of-Hospital Specialist Clinics
- Academic Primary Health Care Unit
In addition to the services being provided, RPA HealthOne are working closely with Tertiary Education partners including the University of Sydney and Central and Eastern Sydney Public Health Networks to provide an Academic Primary Health Care Unit to encourage more research in primary care.
The new facility is an invaluable addition to the Green Square community which is expected to reach a population of 61,000 by 2031.
The opening of RPA HealthOne Green Square forms part of a broader suite of initiatives, including the roll out of Urgent Care Services, to improve patient access to the most appropriate care and treatments and alleviate unnecessary presentations to our emergency departments.
Quotes attributable to NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park:
"Today, we're announcing the official opening of the new RPA HealthOne."
"The RPA HealthOne integrates specialist care with primary health and brings together a variety of health providers in one location."
"This provides a more seamless experience when they need to move between primary care, community and hospital settings."
"Importantly, this is another initiative we are pursuing which allows us to ease pressure on the state's busy emergency departments."
"This is just one of the 20 projects in the NSW Government's HealthOne program."
Quotes attributable to Ron Hoenig, Member for Heffron:
"It is great to be able to provide our patients with integrated health services in closer proximity to this rapidly expanding community."
Quotes attributable to Sydney Local Health District Chief Executive, Dr Teresa Anderson AM:
"We are thrilled to officially be opening RPA HealthOne at Green Square today to the public."
"Our RPA HealthOne Green Square team will continue to work with our growing local community and local primary practitioners to ensure we are adapting to deliver the healthcare services in line with our community's needs."
