New England Primary Care Research Network

28/01/2026

It's a new year, and time for planning, dreaming and scheming! If you have an interest in rural health care research, please get in touch with us, and keep in touch with us! We are expecting to be starting out some new projects in the next few months, so I'll be posting about them here!

26/11/2025

With all the thunderstorm weather we have been having in the New England, we should be aware of the incidence of "thunderstorm asthma", which can be triggered in people who are allergic to rye grass, and living in rural areas. Sadly, the statistics on deaths from asthma in Australia show almost no change between 2023 and 2024, and 50% of them are in women who are older than 75 years old. The National Asthma Council of Australia has some useful resources for health professionals (and also community members) https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/health-professionals

09/11/2025

NEPCRN news - Japanese Encephalitis Virus - now ENDEMIC in the New England and Northern NSW -

Welcome to the start of the New England summer mosquito breeding season - and the news that Japanese Encephalitis Virus has now been classified as endemic to the New England, North-West Slopes and plains and Northern NSW. There were 5 cases of which 2 ended as deaths in the 2024-2025 season, and NSW...

05/11/2025

Looking for input from all health-professionals who work with perinatal and neonatal care... expanding genomic screening using existing heel-prick blood spot - should we or shouldn't we?

NERCHA - New England Rural Club for Health Alliance UNE Medicine and Health Michelle Guppy A Nurse Out Where RACGP

Genomic Screening for Newborns – primary care responses sought by ebowles | Nov 4, 2025 | Blog, Current Research Opportunities | 0 comments Professor Bruce Bennetts from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network is the lead investigator for a major NSW Health trial:  the NEWBORN GENomic SEQuencing...

05/11/2025

https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/ - helpful resource on dietary and nutrition guidelines in Australia and New Zealand.

The Australian Dietary Guidelines (the Guidelines) provide up-to-date advice about the amount and kinds of foods that we need to eat for health and wellbeing. The recommendations are based on scientific evidence, developed after looking at good quality research.

01/10/2025

NEPCRN news - "Empowering Heart Health in Regional NSW" showcase at UNE, Mon 20 Oct -

We’re delighted to invite you to attend our first NSW CVRN event, the ‘Empowering Heart Health in Regional NSW’ Heart Foundation Showcase on Monday 20 October at UNE, from 3-6:30 pm. The first hour (3-4 pm) will be presented by the Heart Foundation, the second hour (4:30-5:30 pm) will be prese...

31/07/2025

NEPCRN news - check out the JEV survey -

The Primary Health Network (PHN) is a not-for-profit organisation funded by the Commonwealth government to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the primary health care system.

28/07/2025

Please sign up for this survey if you live in the Hunter New England health area.

Thank you for taking the time to participate in the ‘Health Insights' Surveys. The Primary Health Network (PHN) is a not-for-profit organisation funded by the Commonwealth government to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the primary health care system. We

27/07/2025

In the spirit of trying new things, I've created a landing page to make it easy for people to sign up for our monthly(ish) newsletter.
Please try it out and let me know how you go!

If you're interested in being involved in primary care research, finding out about research, and connecting with like-minded colleagues, please join us - it's free and you can unsubscribe any time. We have a monthly newsletter in which you can share any research you're involved in, and a Journal Cl...

16/07/2025

At our recent Strategic Advisory Committee meeting, we decided to rename ourselves as the New England PRIMARY CARE Research Network. This was prompted in part by our joining the NSW-ACT Practice-based Research Alliance (NAPRA), which will allow us to collaborate with the 8 other practice-based research networks and member universities in applications for competitive grant funding. IF you have any research ideas you'd like to get help with implementing, please get in touch!