Clinical Services

1. Primary Clinical Care

• Treatment of illness using standard treatment protocols.
  
• 24-hour emergency care.
  
• 24-hour access to the advice of a doctor either on site or via telecommunications.
  
• Provision of essential drugs including provision of medicine kits to designated holders.
  
• Continuing management of chronic illness.

2. Preventative Care

• Immunisation.
• Ante-natal care.
• Appropriate screening and early intervention.
• STD and other communicable diseases control.
• Secondary prevention of complications of chronic diseases. 

To achieve these core functions there also needs to be clinical support systems such as pharmaceutical supply system and a comprehensive health information system which will include:

• A population register and recall system to support population health activities.
  
• A chronic disease register and recall system to support the ongoing management of chronic disease.
• A collection of data to enhance evaluation and quality assurance.