The Patient Wellness initiative is a new, innovative model of care, focused on supporting patients with a complex interplay of risk factors to reduce their health risks as they await orthopaedic elective surgery.

The Patient Wellness Initiative transforms an everyday health system interaction into an opportunity for behaviour change, capitalising on the elective surgery waiting period to unveil a broader discussion about overall health and wellbeing and opportunities for reducing health risks and changing behaviour. Patients will gain greater knowledge of their health risks and will be supported to seamlessly navigate the public health system to access ongoing coaching and support to improve their modifiable lifestyle risk factors.