Accelerating the translation of research into practice

We address the unique challenges that face health service providers and researchers in regional, rural and remote Australia.

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2019 Conference Posters

Lindsay Charlton September 19, 2019 No Comments

NSW Regional Health Partners proudly showcased the work of 15 projects at the SPHERE 2019 – Partnerships for Better Health Conference in Sydney on 29th

Videos: NHMRC Translation Centre Initiative

Lindsay Charlton September 16, 2019 No Comments

The four videos available provide an overview of NHMRC’s Translation Centre initiative and what the Translation Centres are about. Topics include: driving efficiencies in clinical

GP at hand – a solution for rural health workforce pressures?

Sarah Harrison July 25, 2019 No Comments

Rural medical workforce maldistribution and shortage remain key problems for Australia and other large countries with dispersed populations. This comes as no surprise given its

Want a chance to help build research capacity?

Sarah Harrison June 13, 2019 No Comments

Did you know that it takes an average of 17 years to move 14% of research into clinical practice? What if we could tell you

A patient journey through theatre

Sarah Harrison June 6, 2019 No Comments

Great short piece of theatre from the UK THIS Institute (an organisation dedicated to strengthening the evidence base for improving healthcare.) It looks at a

New report: The Local Level Evaluation of Healthcare in Australia

Sarah Harrison May 7, 2019 No Comments

The nine Australian health translation centres worked together in 2018 to develop a National Framework for Health Systems Improvement and Sustainability. This has been submitted

Our Objective

Our Objective is to make appreciable improvements in patient outcomes and experience by translating evidence into practice.

Our purpose

Our Purpose is to accelerate the translation of evidence into practice to improve the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote communities.

Our strategic plan

In late 2019 the NSWRHP developed a strategic plan for 2019 – 2022. The Strategic plan outlines the priorities of the Centre along with its purpose, objective and ways of working. To view a copy of the strategic plan click here.

Director's Message

Welcome to 2019 and also to our new website. NSW Regional Health Partners is a very new organisation but determined to have an impact – by accelerating the translation of evidence into practice to improve the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote communities.

Currently there is frequently a gap between the best evidence we know and the care patients actually receive. This ‘translation gap’ is a major problem, reducing the benefit of investment in biomedical research, resulting in research waste and needlessly poor outcomes for individuals and communities. Closing it is not easy:

‘as a social intervention, improving health care is complex and, therefore, difficult to understand, design, implement, reproduce, describe and report’.