COVID-19: Primary care

This framework has been developed as a guide for the community health system when moving between different health sector alert levels. Not all information will be relevant to your workplace.

The alert system used for this framework is not the same as the Government alert system. This alert system considers the state in which the local health system is in- this will vary region by region. This means that some activities will continue, reduce or cease depending on the state of your local health system, or it may depend on the needs of your practice population or community, including equity considerations. 

The framework was refreshed in September 2020 to incorporate recent learnings, progress and actions. Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith, Chief Clinical Officer-Primary Care provided clinical oversight for the update. The document has had input from clinical leads and sector primary and community groups (list of those consulted in table below).

The intention is to revisit and update this document on a regular basis as the pandemic evolves.