OneBridge has returned to partner with Coast2Bay, providing free health outreach to 12 priority unit complexes weekly, from August to mid November.
In April/May, OneBridge piloted this service with Coast2Bay over four weeks, with the following results:
- 309 engaged with the service
- 97 clinical consultations
- 65% of tenants returned for ongoing consultations
In the first 2 weeks of onsite skin cancer checks, nurses diagnosed five cancers.
In just the first 4 weeks the team have accomplished:
- 10 escalations to a specialist nurse practitioner via telehealth
- Providing suicide prevention and grief support at clinics
- 17 incidences of wound care and supplies handed out
- Supporting and motivating people to return to their everyday activities by education and guidance through anxiety
- Providing and paying for antibiotics to individuals with wound infections.
- SMART goals: time rebuilding confidence to reapply for work
- Medication monitoring
- 18% of consultations required referrals for support: MAC, NDIS, Centrelink, dentists, mental health, and drug and alcohol
- Working with local agencies, Hospital and Health Services, & social housing groups for optimal individual care
The OneBridge program is expanding nationally and offers vulnerable people equitable, accessible health care.
See more about their focus on health equality vs health equity and why it matters: https://onebridge.com.au/f/striving-for-health-equity-addressing-homelessness-and-poverty
