Lindy Dell

South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network

South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN) fosters and supports a more equitable, person-centred and seamless health system to positively impact the health outcomes for our communities. We want everyone in south east Melbourne to live their healthiest lives. We support this by providing evidence, planning and influencing services to meet population health needs; capacity building services to grow primary health and its workforce in our region and commissioning service to translate national and state policy into local services and the regional health system. We are one of six Primary Health Networks (PHNs) in Victoria, and 31 PHNs across Australia, with around 1.6 million residents in our catchment. Funded primarily by the Australian Government, the Commonwealth priority areas for improvement and innovation for primary health are: Mental health; Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD); Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health; Aged care; Population health; Health workforce development and Digital health. Our local focus is to positively impact population health and service demand, consumer-focused healthcare, primary health services, innovation and system reform and organisational excellence and sustainability. Our catchment covers 3,000km2 across 10 LGAs, stretching from St Kilda to Sorrento to Bunyip, including the major population hubs of Clayton, Dandenong, Moorabbin, Caulfield, Cranbourne, Frankston and Pakenham.