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Community Survey

The Hunter Medicare Local has been tasked with the co-ordination of after-hours primary health care in your local area. As part of the process it is essential that we have an understanding of services and community awareness from the patient perspective. .

Please ensure you consider the following when completing this survey:

After-hours period is defined as
• before 8:00am and after 6:00pm weekdays;
• before 8:00am and after 12:00pm Saturdays; and
• all day Sundays and public holidays

Please fill out the below to ensure our data reflects local perspectives.

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* 1. Please complete the following demographic information


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* 2. What local health service(s) have you used during the after-hours period within the last 6 months? (tick as many as apply)


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* 3. If you had a minor health problem (not an emergency) in the after-hours period and felt you needed assistance, what would you do?

Please number options from 1 to 7 (with 1 being your preferred or most likely action and 7 being the least likely or last action you would take).


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* 4. Please explain your decision / response for the question above.


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* 5. What is your preferred method of accessing information about local health services?

Please number options from 1 to 5 (with 1 being your most preferred method and 5 being your least preferred method).


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* 6. Are you currently able to access after-hours health care in your local area?


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* 7. What do you believe is the MAIN barrier to accessing local after-hours care in your area right now?


Thank you for your time in completing this survey. For further information please feel free to contact:

Catherine Turner

Program Manager – Hunter Medicare Local After Hours


Email:  cturner@humterl.com.au     
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