Primary care is generally the first point of contact people have with the health system. It relates to the treatment of non-admitted patients in the community.

Primary Care Program

• Primary health care reform
• After hours primary health care
• Australian type 2 diabetes risk assessment tool (AUSDRISK)
• Eye health
• Primary Health Care Development Program
  • Primary Health Networks
  • Health Information, Advice and Counselling Services Network
  • Primary Health Collaboration and Complex Conditions
  • Health Care Homes
    • For Consumers
    • For Professional
• Regionally Tailored Primary Health Care Initiatives through Medicare Locals Fund
• GP Super Clinics
• Maternity services
• National roadmap for improving the health of Australians with intellectual disability
• Mental health
• National Health Call Centre Network
• Pregnancy counselling
• Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy
• Primary Health Networks
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Rural and Regional Teaching Infrastructure Grants (RRTIGs) program

Advisory Groups

• Primary Health Care Advisory Group (PHCAG)

Primary Care Publications

You can find the department's most recent primary care publications on this page. Older publications are available on the National Library's Australian Government web archive.

• National Primary Health Care Strategic Framework

More Information

• Chronic disease
• eHealth
• Indigenous health

  In this section

  • Primary Health Care Development Program
  • Health Information, Advice and Counselling Services Network
  • Primary Health Collaboration and Complex Conditions
  • Primary care
  • After hours primary health care
  • Frequently asked questions (FAQs) - After hours Primary Health Care
  • National Health Call Centre Network
  • Primary Health Care Reform
  • Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy
  • Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy: Phase three: 2010-2014
  • Primary Health Network (PHN) After Hours Evaluation Report
  • Review of after hours primary health care