A rich environment for research led clinical innovation
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Striving for excellence and a better future for our communities
Australia’s Northern Territory has a unique culture – it has a rich narrative of human endeavour and communities that work together to produce outstanding results in the face of overwhelming odds. This includes a rich, vibrant and enduring Aboriginal history of connection to lands, water and seas. The Aboriginal culture is diverse with over 100 languages and 70% of Territorians living in remote locations and identify as Aboriginal.
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Email usThe remoteness, vast distances, harsh climate and complex geographical, economic and social environment demand a level of resilience and creativity reminiscent of frontier stories—stories not just of the past, but of present-day world-first achievements in health, technology and social responsibility.
In response to these challenges, the Territory is home to innovative and productive thinkers, researchers and implementers who strive for excellence and a brighter future for our communities through cutting-edge solutions.
Covering about 18% of Australia’s landmass but housing just 1% of its population, the NT has the lowest population density of any state or territory. Our immersion in this unique environment—and our persistence in optimising health outcomes despite remoteness, climate extremes and inequity—is what sets us apart.
NT Health is committed to working with healthcare consumers, carers and communities—especially Aboriginal Territorians—as active partners. We aim to improve access to timely, quality, culturally responsive, patient-focused care across the Territory.
A rich environment for research-driven clinical innovation, NT Health relies on evidence to guide improvements. Our clinicians develop world-first treatments, models of care and service-delivery methods to overcome the challenges of remoteness, diversity and cultural complexity. Embedding research is central to the achievement of NT Health’s goals and Strengthening our Health System Strategy PDF (946.7 KB) to provide best practice health care that is effective, and evidence based because of our research.
NT Health is a national partner of the Australian Teletrial Program, funded by the Commonwealth Government’s Medical Research Future Fund – National Critical Infrastructure Initiative – 2019 Rural, Regional and Remote Clinical Trial Enabling Infrastructure grant. This program will transform the clinical trials landscape in the NT by building clinical and technical capability to facilitate and expand clinical trials activity across the five regions so that Territorians can access clinical trials closer to home.
Vision
To improve health outcomes for Territorians, especially those living in rural, regional and remote regions, through access to quality clinical trials.
Mission
Building NT Health’s capacity and capability to undertake quality clinical trials by providing trained workforce, resourced sites, adequate infrastructure and an interconnected system locally and nationally.
See more information on the Teletrial program on the NT Health website.
Our focus
The following key focus areas drive our research partnerships to respond to real world needs of Territorians:
- Respond to health needs: intimately knowing how various health needs are impacted by remoteness, climate, culture and inequity.
- Respond to challenges: formulating culturally respectful responses to emerging health needs, service supply, and surge capacity that are contextualised to remoteness, climate and inequity.
- Supply lines that work: finding creative ways to provide continuity of health care delivery in the face of remoteness, climate and inequity challenges.
- Creative healthcare: developing creative healthcare solutions to achieve optimal health outcomes in the face of remoteness, climate and inequality challenges.
- Event responses: critical care and trauma response in the challenging context of remoteness, climate and inequity.
View the NT Health clinical trials register.
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