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our health in our hands clinical care introduction < general practitioner aboriginal health workers enhanced primary care medicare introduction Pangula Mannamurna provides primary health care for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in the South East, which includes its GP clinic, SEWB Counsellor and advocacy. These services are offered in collaboration with other services as part of comprehensive primary health care to Indigenous people in the South East. Comprehensive primary health care involves the delivery of a broad range of services. Pangula Mannamurna is seeking to work in collaboration with a range of health providers and organisations to provide the different service elements of the system for the South East Indigenous population. Other potential service providers include private general practitioners, visiting nurses and allied health professionals, State government health services, public health units, community organisations, schools and local governments. At a local level, the key elements of comprehensive primary health care include: Clinical services (including the treatment of acute illness, emergency care and the management of chronic conditions); Population health programs such as immunisation, antenatal care, screening and specific health promotion programs; Specific public health programs for health gain (for example nutrition, social and emotional well-being and substance misuse); Facilitation of access to secondary and tertiary health services and related community services such as aged care and disability services; and Client/community assistance and advocacy on health related matters within the health and non-health sectors. Pangula Mannamurna's clinical services currently comprise of a 0.4 FTE GP and two 0.6 FTE Aboriginal Health Workers. It is offering enhanded primary care, which includes periodic health checks and subsequent care planning and case conferencing as appropriate. Back to Top Page last updated on 30 December 2006. http://www.pangula.org.au/clinic.html