Tool № 04 · Health Services & Practice Quality

What the data shows about how care is delivered.

Sydney North's GP practices score high on some quality indicators and low on others; immunisation rates are above 90% for the general population but carry a First Nations gap; and Northern Sydney's ED runs +7pp ahead of national on urgent-triage timeliness while sitting slightly behind on 4-hour throughput.

Data note. A dedicated 'GP per 1,000' / allied-health workforce count needs AIHW HWD or AHPRA registrant data, which isn't yet loaded into this DB. What's surfaced here is what we can measure cleanly today: AIHW practice-quality + immunisation + hospital indicators, with ABN business density as background context.
Imm. coverage · 5-year-olds
93.91 %
Above 95% target — but 86.15% for First Nations
GP record completeness · HbA1c
49.6 %
Of diabetes patients · PIP QI 2025-Q3
ED · seen on time · urgent
68 %
vs National 61% — +7pp
ABN-registered businesses
397,804
46,650 new in last 12 months · all sectors
§ 01 · GP practice quality

Practice Incentive Program Quality Improvement indicators.

Of clinical-record completeness across SNHN's general practices. Each bar is the proportion of relevant patients with that field recorded. Higher is generally better — high-coverage practices have the data needed for population health.

AIHW · PIP QI 2025-Q3
Smoking status recorded
70.4 %
Alcohol consumption recorded
63.8 %
CVD risk factors recorded
59.3 %
Influenza imm · 65+
57.6 %
Influenza imm · COPD
63.8 %
Influenza imm · diabetes
50.1 %
Diabetes · HbA1c recorded
49.6 %
Diabetes · BP recorded
50.8 %
Cervical screening up-to-date
49.3 %
BMI recorded
19.8 %
§ 02 · Immunisation

Childhood coverage — and the First Nations gap.

Fully-immunised rates at the 1, 2, and 5-year cohorts, both overall and for First Nations children. The gap at each age band is a direct equity signal.

AIHW · AIR 2024-Q4
Fully immunised · 1-year-olds
94.3 %
Fully immunised · 2-year-olds
92.73 %
Fully immunised · 5-year-olds
93.91 %
Fully immunised · 1yrFirst Nations
87.88 %
Fully immunised · 2yrFirst Nations
87.34 %
Fully immunised · 5yrFirst Nations
86.15 %
§ 03 · Hospital activity · Northern Sydney LHN

Where the urgent and the acute show up.

ED, admissions, and length-of-stay for the Northern Sydney Local Hospital Network (co-extensive with SNHN PHN's catchment). Benchmarks shown vs National where applicable.

AIHW · MyHospitals 2024-25
ED presentations · all categories
229020
2.52% of National
Depart ED within 4 hrs · all
51%
▼ -2.0pp vs National 53%
Seen on time · urgent triage
68%
▲ +7.0pp vs National 61%
Medical admissions · emergency
55972
Surgical admissions · emergency
11230
Mental health admissions
4596
§ 03b · AOD treatment

Where alcohol-and-other-drug episodes cluster.

Treatment episodes by drug class. Alcohol dominates SNHN's AOD demand, with amphetamines and cannabis the next-largest categories. The 5-year trend tells the structural story.

AIHW · AODTS 2023-24
§ 03c · PPH breakdown

Potentially preventable hospitalisations — by cause.

The total PPH rate is the headline — but the split between acute, chronic, and vaccine-preventable categories tells you which commissioning levers move it. Vaccine-preventable is the smallest absolute slice but the highest-leverage prevention target.

AIHW · PPH 2023-24 · per 100k
§ 04 · Business density · context

ABN-registered businesses per LGA.

Total ABN business count and 12-month new starts per LGA. All sectors — health-sector filter pending an ANZSIC-tagged data source. Useful as a denominator for relative business density and economic activity.

ATO ABN Bulk Extract

§ 05 · Methodology + data gaps

Source data:

Known data gaps to address:

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