Background

The Australian Government, in conjunction with the New Zealand and other Pacific Island Governments, is providing a range of support services to restore law and order to the Solomon Islands. This support covers military, policing and other Government aid.

Australian Federal Police and Australian Defence Force personnel are currently based in the Solomon Islands as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands(RAMSI). RAMSI was initiated in 2003 in response to a request for international aid by the Solomon Islands.

Background

Following the civil unrest in Timor Leste in April 2006 the then Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, welcomed offers of foreign military assistance from several nations.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) deployed to Timor Leste to assist the Government of Timor Leste and the United Nations bring stability, security and confidence to the Timorese people. The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is also working alongside the ADF to assist with this mission. Together, the ADF and NZDF personnel form the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Timor Leste.

Background

The Puckapunyal Military Area (PMA) is a major Australian Army training base situated near Seymour, Victoria, 100km north of Melbourne. The PMA covers an area of some 50,000 hectares. Within the PMA, the Puckapunyal Training Area (PTA), comprises of 43,850 hectares, and is used for the complete scope of live firing and field activities.

The PMA has a permanent population of around 1,100 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel. Approximately 50,000 students, range users and visitors also visit the PMA each year.

Background

The Albury Wodonga Military Area (AWMA) centres around two main Australian Army Bases with the primary focus being training of Army personnel. The Army Logistics Training Centre (ALTC) is the largest unit.

Approximately 506 Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Australian Public Service personnel are permanently located within the AWMA with approximately 6000 trainees attending courses throughout the year.

Background

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government has begun utilising a range of innovative methods to grow healthcare capability across the country. One of those initiatives is to establish and manage a private ambulance service in Abu Dhabi, operated in a corporate partnership by the Abu Dhabi Police and an established international healthcare provider.

After an international search by the Abu Dhabi Police, Aspen Medical was selected as the international healthcare partner, over companies from Europe and the USA, due to our reputation for innovation, high quality operations, clinical standards and experience in remote areas.

The corporation – the National Ambulance Company(NAC) will initially provide private ambulance services in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Background

Caboolture is a large metropolitan suburb approximately 45 minutes north of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland.

Caboolture Hospital is managed by Queensland Health, a State Government health body that delivers a range of public services to the people of Queensland including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs throughout the State.

In 2006 Caboolture Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) was downgraded, and the majority of its ED staff consolidated to the Redcliffe Hospital Emergency Department 28km away. Following this decision community pressure dictated that the Caboolture Hospital ED be reopened.

Background

In 2006, Aspen Medical met with the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) with the view to streamline and enhance the health logistics services of the oil and gas industry on the North West Shelf in Western Australia.

Aspen Medical’s proposal outlined Aero Medical Evacuation(AME), both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, AME qualified medical teams, road ambulance transport, a 24/7 call centre, and integration into the 71 Western Australian country health hospitals and 3 major Perth hospitals.

The oil and gas industry recognised that employee safety and well being was common to each company and through Aspen Medical sought a consortium approach to health logistics in the region.

Background

Aspen Medical is engaged by Bechtel Australia to provide medical services for the Chevron operated Wheatstone LNG Project. The Project is located at Ashburton North, 12 kilometres west of the town of Onslow on the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. Medical Services are being delivered from start of construction to Transfer of Care and Custody (TCC), a period of approximately 6 years.

Background

In September 2009 a deadly Cholera outbreak began on the mainland of Papua New Guinea (PNG). By 2010 this outbreak had spread through to the Western Province of the country killing many local residents and affecting thousands more.

AusAid began monitoring the situation and after meeting with the World Health Organisation decided to undertake a joint mission to the region to address ways to prevent the further spread of the disease.

Background

In November 2011, Aspen Healthcare Solutions Limited (AHS) was awarded the contract to provide Mobile Medical Incinerators and a comprehensive support package which included; training, spares support and integrated Logistic Support.

The equipment and support package were being procured as an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) which meant that Aspen had less than six weeks to deliver the system to the UK MoD’s Purple Gate ready for deployment.

In order to meet the deadline for the UOR, Aspen worked with partners to provide a comprehensive availability solution based on a long standing and reliable product incorporating modern design and innovation.

Background

In 2010, Aspen Healthcare Solutions Limited (AHS), was invited to take part in negotiations to supply the UAE Army Medical Serivces with Role 1 & Role 2 deployable medical facilities. Following a visit to the UK facilities by the UAE Army Medical Services Project Team, which included a demonstration of the Company’s capabilities, Aspen was invited to conduct a field trial during the hottest part of the year.

The purpose of the field trial was to ensure that the solution offered by Aspen was capable of performing in the most austere of environments and, that it was the best solution offered by competing companies.

Background

In December 2011, Aspen Healthcare Solutions Limited (AHS) was awarded an Enabling Contract to enhance medical capability by providing contracted medical staff for Operation Herrick (Afghanistan).

The contracted medical staff will be recruited into positions where the UK Defence Medical Services has a shortfall in available trained military medical manpower for deployment. Aspen contracted staff will deploy in Afghanistan under the auspices of Contractors on Deployed Operations (CONDO).

Following a strict credentialing process, successful candidates conduct CONDO training, designed to prepare a candidate for work in an operational zone. In addition, the candidates will also conduct specialist training at the UK MoD’s Medical Training Facility.

Background

Origin has engaged Aspen Medical to provide comprehensive field medical services to the APLNG project and existing Origin CSG operations sites. The Australia Pacific LNG project is an incorporated joint venture between Origin, Conoco Phillips and Sinopec, which will transport CSG from central south west Queensland via a new 530km pipeline to a two-train LNG facility on Curtis Island, near Gladstone.

This project supports Australian Pacific LNG’s focus on safety, and helps ensure that the project is not a burden on local public health infrastructure. With the number of workers engaged on the upstream components of the Australia Pacific LNG project expected to peak at 4,000, the Field Medical Services will provide medical care, proactive health programs and a first line emergency response as required.

Background

Aspen Medical will provide a complete range of medical and environmental health services to support operations to all Roy Hill sites. These services include 24/7 medical evacuation services, primary health care support, 24/7 e-medicine consultation, medical logistics and equipment support, pre-employment and medical assessments, drug testing and the provision of medical consumables and equipment. At Roy Hill Aspen has crafted the most appropriate medical solutions to suit the requirements of the customer.

Background

The Expanding Health Service Delivery Initiative (EHSDI) is part of a joint initiative between the Australian Government and Northern Territory Government to progress both Governments’ Closing the Gap policies and address Aboriginal disadvantage, with substantial funding allocated to improve access to health services.

A major area of the initiative was the establishment of the Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC), a company that could recruit and provide additional health professionals to expand the delivery of primary health care services in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities.

Background

In 2011, Aspen Medical was asked to Camber support of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) contract.

GPOI is a U.S. government-funded security assistance program intended to enhance international capacity to effectively conduct United Nations and regional peace support operations (PSOs) by building partner country capabilities to train and sustain peacekeeping proficiencies; increasing the number of capable military troops and formed police units (FPUs) available for deployment; and facilitating the preparation, logistical support, and deployment of military units and FPUs to PSOs.

Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) medical units were selected to replace the Bangladesh military currently staffing the UN hospital in Juba, South Sudan. This UN hospital is part of UNMISS, the United Nations Mission to South Sudan. As part of this scheduled rotation the UN provides troop-contributing countries with the necessary UN medical doctrine and clinical instruction to assure mission success. Aspen Medical USA was selected to provide this medical training.part of UNMISS, the United Nations Mission to South Sudan.

Background

Aspen Medical is contracted by the Department of Defence to deliver the ‘Care of Battle Casualties’ first aid training course to all Australian Defence Force personnel deploying to the Middle East.

Aspen is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and also accredited in accordance with the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF). Aspen is an Accredited Training Provider for professional organisations such as the Australasian College of GP’s, the Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine and The Royal College of Nursing Australia.

Aspen delivers First Responder training to the resources sector in remote locations across Australia including the Pilbara and far North QLD.

Aspen provides medical practitioners and allied health professionals to all 52 ADF facilities across Australia. The training is being undertaken at the Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates by Aspen Medical medics with recent combat experience.

Background

The Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS) is a component of the Australian Government’s National Health and Hospital Network Reform agenda and has been established to address the challenges and barriers that rural and remote health professionals face when accessing short term leave.

NAHRLS is focused on supporting health service organisations by administering an uncomplicated start-to-finish locum placement service which aims to enhance the ability of eligible health professionals to take leave and improve access of rural and remote communities to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.