Residential Aged care facility Support

Central and Eastern Sydney PHN provides funding and support to various Geriatric Flying Squads and Outreach Services operated by partner Local Health Districts and Hospital Networks. These services are intended to reduce the need for transfer to hospital by managing residents at their facility.

RACF Outreach services

Geriatric Flying Squads (GFS) and RACF Outreach service contact details are below:

• Sutherland Shire Catchment area – Southcare GFS – Phone 9540 7956, Fax 9540 7869, Email SESLHD-SouthCareIntake@health.nsw.gov.au
• St George Catchment area – St George GFS – Phone 0477 320 211
• Eastern Suburbs North Catchment area – War Memorial Hospital GFS – Phone 0408 855 156
• SLHD RACF Outreach Program – Access Care Team – Phone 1300 722 276, Fax 9767 7026, Email SLHD-ACTCallCentre@health.nsw.gov.au

Aged Care On-site Pharmacist

CESPHN is supporting the new Aged Care on-site pharmacist initiative in residential aged care. The initiative care started on July 1 2024, with the aim of improving medication management and safety in residential aged care homes.

The initiative aims to:

• Improve medication use and safety, including the safe use of high-risk medications.
• Provide continuity in medication management with day-to-day reviews and prompt issue resolution.
• Offer easy access to pharmacist advice for residents and staff and
• Integrate pharmacists with the healthcare team, including local GPs, nurses, and community pharmacies.

For further information, visit the Department of Health and Aged Care website, or contact Central and Eastern Sydney PHN at agedcare@cesphn.com.au.

RACF Clinical handover tool – Yellow envelope

Central and Eastern Sydney PHN has developed a Clinical handover tool (Yellow envelope) in collaboration with Local Health Districts partners and in consultation with RACF managers, for utilisation in transfer of residents from RACFs and hospitals. The purpose of the envelope is to improve the quality of clinical handover by ensuring critical resident information is communicated in writing during resident transfers.

CESPHN provides these envelopes to RACFs at no cost. If you require more envelopes, please contact the Aged Care Team at info@cesphn.com.au