About the Outer Northern Refugee Health Network

In September 2015, the Federal government announced the offer of an additional 12,000 humanitarian places for people displaced by the conflict in Syria & Iraq.  In response to this announcement local health and social support services across the outer northern growth corridor of Melbourne formed the Outer Northern Refugee Health Network (ONRHN) under the auspice of the Hume Whittlesea Primary Care Partnership (HWPCP).

The ONRHN acts as a catchment based platform, with over thirty organisations (listed below) formally registered as members and providers of health and social supports to refugees and asylum seekers in the outer north.

The aim of the network is to guide local system improvements in order to support the complex needs of arriving people from refugee backgrounds. Through adopting a strong focus on integrated reform across multiple service sectors, the networks guiding Terms of Reference assure accountably, integration and innovation in the shaping of future refugee service development activities.  Here is the link to our Terms of Reference link

The HWPCP invites other organisations who play a key role in both the co-design and delivery of timely and quality refugee focused support services to join the ONRHN. Together we can be part of a strong and solution-focused collaborative that aims to support the complex needs of arriving refugees in the outer northern interface corridor of Melbourne.

For more information about the work of the Network or to answer any queries in relation to future involvement, please visit the website at www.onrhn.org.au, or alternatively, contact Sarah Gafforini, Shared Vision for Growing North Executive Officer on 0418 922 256 or sarahg@hwpcp.org.au

The Outer Northern Refugee Health Network members are strongly committed to supporting refugee and asylum seekers to access quality health and social services so that they can settle and thrive in local communities.