Research and Development Collaborations

In 2015 the Centre continued establishing a new structure: collaborations for research and service development, as joint ventures with the South Western, South Eastern and Sydney Local Health Districts. This builds on experience with CHETRE, which has long been supported by the University and the Local Health District, and has provided a base for collaboration on research, capacity building and putting evidence into practice.

Each collaborations is supported by both the Centre and the Local Health District with a formal agreement, an advisory committee and funding from both groups. The collaborations are seen as bridges between the Centre and the LHD, conducting research and evaluation that is of interest to both groups, supporting the uptake of research into practice and giving researchers direct engagement with health services. We hope that in future the Primary Health Networks can also become part of these research collaborations.

CHETRE 

The Centre for Health Equity, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE) operates as a UNSW research hub and South Western Sydney Local Health District intelligence unit (within the Division of Population Health). CHETRE is based at the Ingham Institute and works in partnership with local councils, industry and community groups. Its mission to co-create intelligence for better health is pursued through outreach actions in locational disadvantage, cutting-edge impact assessment tools, technologies and capacity building, and in Aboriginal owned and controlled research and development.

HERDU 

Health Equity Research and Development Unit (HERDU) is a unit of Population Health in Sydney Local Health District and a research hub of the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity at UNSW Australia. HERDU aims to work with SLHD staff and with communities to improve the health of groups of people who do not have opportunities to receive the health care and resources they need to be as healthy as others in the population.

SEaRCH 

The South Eastern Sydney Research Collaboration Hub (SEaRCH) was established as a partnership with South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) in late 2014. The hub is led by A/Prof Ben Harris-Roxas, and focuses on 1) undertaking, promoting and supporting research and evaluation that strengthens primary health care and equity; 2) supporting the implementation of research evidence into practice and policy; and 3) contributing to the development of primary health care in SESLHD. SEaRCH is part of the SESLHD Population and Community Health Directorate executive.

Primary and Integrated Care Unit (PaICU)

The Primary and Integrated Care Unit (PaICU) is a group of GP clinicians committed to contributing to the future of quality integrated primary care for South Western Sydney and beyond and a clinical unit funded by the South Western Sydney Local Health district. The  PaICU partners closely with the South Western Sydney Primary Health Network and is associated with the University of NSW through the Centre for Primary Healthcare and Equity and the School of Population Health.  The PaICU grew from the Fairfield GP Unit which was founded in 1989.