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15. Services Profile
15.1. Background
The Study Area contains a number of facilities and services which underpin community health, wellbeing
and participation.
A profile of the services available in the region has been undertaken to understand the scope and number
of health, community support, educational, arts and culture and emergency management services in the
region. This review focuses on the current provision of services, as well as the identification of existing
gaps and potential future challenges associated with population growth and change in the context of a
changing climate.
15.2. Health and Community Support Services
The review of health outcomes in Sections 6.13 to 6.16 revealed that above average proportions of the
Western Adelaide population is living with chronic diseases, psychological distress, and require
assistance with their core activities.
The following review of health and community support services available in Western Adelaide sheds light
on programs and assistance that is available to meet the health and wellbeing needs of the community.
Data regarding the number and rate of services provided in the following section relate to actual services
that were provided (e.g. GP visits) as recorded by Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
15.2.1. GP Services
As shown in
Table 15.1
, in 2009/10, there were approximately 1.3 million GP services offered in Western
Adelaide, at a rate of 551,482 per 100,000. When compared with the Adelaide Statistical Division, the
rate of GP services in the region was slightly above average, indicating there were more visits to GPs in
the Western Adelaide region per head of population.
Within the region, numerically and as a rate, the most GP services were provided in Port Adelaide
Enfield, while the fewest were provided in West Torrens.
Table 15.1: GP Services
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Number
Rate per 100,000
Port Adelaide Enfield
666,549
572,247.1
Charles Sturt
634,160
541,446.0
West Torrens
314,779
521,434.7
Western Adelaide
1,302,943
551,481.5
Adelaide Statistical Division
6,780,359
549,554.5
Data Source: Public Health Information Development Unit using data from the Department of Health and Ageing, 2009/10.
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Western Adelaide, in the Social Health Atlas, is defined as per the State Government boundaries.
