Rural Health

This site provides information on rural health services, community and workforce issues and highlights major projects undertaken by the Rural Health Branch of the Department of Human Services.

What's new

17th Ministerial Rural Health Forum: Public Health: making sense of prevention
The 17th Ministerial Rural Health Forum is scheduled on Friday 24 July 2009 at Etihad Stadium Docklands (formerly Telstra Dome), Melbourne. A draft agenda for the forum is now available.

Rural and Remote Advanced Primary Health Care Certificate
The purpose of the Rural and Remote Advanced Primary Care Certificate (RRAPCC) is to develop the skills and knowledge of health professionals working in rural and remote areas of Victoria to respond to the health needs of clients using evidence based approaches to health services. The RRAPCC will give registered nurses (Division 1) the knowledge and skills to manage more autonomously the wide range of patients who present to rural hospitals and bush nursing centers.

Rural Health bank pilot project, Grampians Region
This pilot project is a DHS initiative and is being managed by Stawell Regional Health. The Rural Health Bank is a centralised casual bank service which is designed to coordinate the placement and professional development of nurses and allied health staff who provide relief services in the Grampians Region of Victoria.

Rural Emergency Enhancement Workshops
The Rural Health Branch in collaboration with Regional Offices, facilitated interactive workshops in every Region to engage the rural health sector in developing strategies for enhancing emergency care across rural Victoria. To inform discussion, the Rural emergency enhancement workshops-Background paper was released.

2009 Rural health service board appointments
A general appointment round will be advertised in mid-January 2009 for appointment to the boards of regional public health services, rural public hospitals and multi purpose services, with appointments commencing 1 July 2009. Further information and application forms are available now.

Discussion paper - Rural procedural services: Principles for defining the scope of clinical practice for GP surgeons
The Discussion Paper outlines core capabilities and training expected of a rural GP surgeon operating in either local or sub-regional health services in rural Victoria.

Governance training for health service board members
The department provides workshops for metropolitan, rural and community health service board members to develop their governance capability. 2009 workshop dates are now available.

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