HealthPathways is a web-based portal that helps health practitioners in primary care make the right decisions, together with patients, at the point of care. Each pathway is an agreement between local general practice, specialist services, and allied health practitioners about how to manage patients with a particular symptom or condition in their local context.

The pathways act as an everyday guide for health practitioners to manage a wide range of conditions and provide access to clinical management and referral advice. Pathways are evidence-informed, reflect local environments and aim to preserve clinical autonomy and patient choice.

To support the rollout of SafeScript NSW, enhancements are being made to Community HealthPathways. This includes the development of SafeScript NSW resource pages and updating existing content to help health practitioners better navigate local pain, mental health or addiction services.

Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (PHN) is leading these enhancements and the exemplar Community HealthPathways content can be adopted and adapted by other PHNs to support health practitioners in their local areas.