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Hampstead Health

Proud to bring to our community a high level of medical professionals

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We acknowledge that Hampstead Health is located on the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains. We acknowledge the cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land of the Kaurna people as of importance in the development of this health service as a welcoming place and its role in positively supporting the health and well being of the Kaurna people.

Our vision is to deliver high quality, comprehensive, integrated, multidisciplinary primary health care services to the people and communities within the catchment area of five kilometers from Hampstead Health location and bounded in the South East by the River Torrens.

We are committed to providing the maximum amount of clinical training and education for all current and future primary health care workers.

We will engage with our community to improve individual and community capacity for health and self determination, prevention of illness, and early detection and management of diseases with the aim of reducing avoidable hospitalisations and deaths, reducing disease risks, improving work participation, individual and family well-being and overall quality of life.

To achieve our vision we will deliver:

A high quality coordinated range of health services to meet the needs and priorities of the community within Hampstead Health catchment area;
Integrated models of preventative care, ambulatory care, chronic disease management, clinical governance, and community engagement and development;
Shared care using protocols with a focus on community, inter-professional and patient partnerships in care;
Responsiveness to the local community including all ethnic, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and older Australians needs for health and wellbeing related care;
Accessible, culturally appropriate and affordable care to all patients.
Support for integrated preventive health care and the promotion of healthy lifestyles with regular community forums, newsletters, health screenings and an informative, relevant website;
An efficient and effective electronic clinical information system to enable medical records to be available to all relevant practitioners with patients’ consent and to enable proper clinical governance;
A quality work environment with clinical sessions, multidisciplinary case management, teaching activities and primary health care research projects to attract and retain the best possible workforce;
Fully accredited services to RACGP Standards and allied health accreditation standards and participation in the Australian Primary Care Collaborative Program;
A viable, sustainable and efficient business model;
High quality education and training opportunities;
Co-ordination with other health services to strengthen local primary health care.

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