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Collaborative Commissioning: Care Partnership – Diabetes
The Care Partnership – Diabetes (CP-D) program is designed to improve health outcomes for people living with type 2 diabetes in Far West and Western New South Wales (NSW) by enhancing patient access to quality diabetes care; supporting the capability of health practitioners; partnering with GP practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs); and improving the integration of the primary health and hospital system.
CP-D is funded by the NSW Ministry of Health’s Collaborative Commissioning program and contributions from a partnership comprising Far West NSW Local Health District (LHD), Western NSW LHD, Western NSW Primary Health Network and Rural Doctors Network (RDN).
CP-D’s areas of focus and services include:
Patient access
- Far West Diabetes Service
- Western Diabetes Hub
- Type 2 diabetes case conferencing*
- Enhanced diabetes services at GP practices and ACCHSs**
Professional development
- Diabetes upskilling events
- Grants for professional development
- Type 2 Diabetes ECHO series
- Diabetes community of practice
- Health professional support
System and quality improvements
- HealthPathways
- INCA EVO
- LUMOS
- Healthdirect Video Call platform
*Available for GP practices and ACCHSs in the Western NSW LHD region
**Available for selected GP practices and ACCHSs in the Western LHD region
CP-D is being evaluated with the aim of sustaining demonstrably beneficial services and system changes by providing evidence to inform regional, state and national policy decisions.
More information
Detailed information about accessing CP-D services is available on the CP-D program webpage and the Western NSW ‘program-on-a-page’ below.
