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About Medi Connect Group

MediConnect Group is a contemporary healthcare service that is solutions focused through innovation, technology, and global medical expertise. Our mission is to seamlessly connect patients with the right care, at the right place, at the right time, ensuring optimal health outcomes. We achieve this by providing responsive, safe, and high-quality healthcare solutions underpinned by an ability to be agile and adaptable to various healthcare environments, geography, and business strategy.

Proudly Indigenous owned and operated, MediConnect Group is locally led by Indigenous Doctors, Dr Corey Dalton – Medical Director and, Dr Grace Haynes Indigenous Health Lead. Supported by Chief Executive Officer Nathan Haynes, a dual Registered Nurse and Paramedic, MCG is values driven which ensures culturally safe healthcare practices both within our organisation and in the communities we serve.

Our dedication to healthcare revolves around fostering Indigenous engagement, with locally led initiatives, that can contribute to Closing the Gap targets. We believe meaningful relationships that are healthcare-centered, family-focused, and outcomes-driven is the cornerstone to successful healthcare delivery.

Dr Corey Dalton

MCG Executive Medical Director

Dr Corey is an Aboriginal Doctor from the Arrernte, Warlpiri and Pitjantjatjara lands of the Central Desert of Australia.

Prior to Medicine, Corey’s experience in Executive and Senior leadership was formed in the corporate area within Human Resources, Employee Relations Law and Contract Management. Working within the Mining and Resource Industry, his expertise led him to forge strong working relationships across industry, moreover, his connection to Traditional Owners in areas of operation where he has built relationships with University’s and Trade Schools that promoted education and employment for Indigenous people. Having extensive experience as a Director and Chairperson on several boards has seen Corey perform at a strategic level of Academics, Commercial Business and Government.

Corey has served his community with 14 years in the WA Police Force, along with three years Royal Australian Army – Reserve (Infantry Officer Training) and four years Royal Australian Air Force – Reserve (Operations Officer Training). This experience created his strong sense of community and corporate social responsibility. His work volunteering in for Indigenous organisations providing business partnering opportunities, health promotions teaching to community and employment strategy are some of the works he does to improve the social determinants for Australian Indigenous peoples.

Corey’s passion for Primary Health led him to working within the Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS) and here he was successful in developing and implementing Ear/Nose/Throat (ENT) Specialist service to the community. This was expanded with his special interest in Paediatric Medicine. In 2023, Corey was awarded the GP In Training award for Western Australia in the RACGP. Moreover, his experience and work led him to receiving the National RACGP GP Award in in 2023 for Australia. His experience has led him to providing Sport Medicine expertise across various organisations, Occupational and Environmental Medicine support and offshore medical as a Ships Doctor in the Oil and Gas industry.

Dr Grace Haynes

MCG Director

Grace is a proud Kungarakan Aboriginal woman and mother of two, originating from the Fitzmaurice region of the Northern Territory. Grace earned her MBBS degree from the University of Western Australia, specialising in Aboriginal health, and has recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education.

She is dedicated to improving Aboriginal health and well-being which extends to several research initiatives and guest speaker opportunities on systemic racism.

Her diverse experiences across metropolitan, rural, and remote areas of Western Australia have cultivated a strong interest in women’s health and newborn medicine. Currently, Grace works at King Edward Memorial Hospital WA, where she is specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology through the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG).

Nathan Haynes

Chief Executive Officer

Nathan is a dynamic healthcare leader with a diverse clinical, operational, and managerial expertise in Nursing and Paramedicine, cultivated across government, nonprofit, and private sectors. As a dual-registered Nurse and Paramedic with Master degree in both fields, he has gained invaluable insights into the patient care journey from roadside emergencies, aeromedical retrieval to hospital bedside care.

Leveraging this unique background, Nathan has designed and implemented innovative healthcare models that have enhanced patient access, emergency department flow, and improved interoperability. His comprehensive experience extends to business growth and transformational change, where he excels at strategically developing sustainable initiatives that uphold the mission of patient care while boosting organisational productivity and patient safety.

Nathan is also a Senior Adjunct lecturer, and Chair of the Paramedicine Advisory Board at the School of Medicine, Notre Dame University WA. He also serves as a Board Member on the AHPRA Nursing and Midwifery Board WA and National Immediate Action Committee (IAC). With a keen interest in time sensitive environments, human factors and Indigenous health, Nathan is an avid pram running with his two young children.

Dr Chris Armstrong

Director of Aeromedical and Critical Care

Chris Armstrong is a Consultant Emergency Physician with a wide variety of experience in Emergency Medicine, Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine and Trauma care in multiple countries across the world. Trained at Royal Perth Hospital, he has worked in Perth metropolitan hospitals, regional hospitals in Western Australia, on the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service in New South Wales, various Emergency Departments and as a Trauma Consultant in the United Kingdom, the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service in the U.K. and in emergency medical service system design in the United Arab Emirates. Additionally, he has worked for many years in remote emergency telehealth across Western Australia and in retrieval coordination within WA.

This broad experience has given him an in-depth knowledge in each of these areas, from on scene care of the seriously ill or injured, remote support and advice to other clinicians delivering care at scene, retrieval of critically ill patients and the subsequent care and treatment on arrival to hospital. This, coupled with a comprehensive knowledge of the geography and hospital capacity in the various regions that he works, enables him to gain a broad situational overview facilitating delivery of the best possible care to each patient.

About our MCG Artwork

Sam Juparulla Wickman

Sam Juparulla Wickman is the father of MediConnect Group Medical Director – Dr Corey Dalton. Sam was born in Alice Springs in 1952, the traditional country of his Father, the Arrernte Nation of Central Australia. His Mother was a full Ceremonial woman of the Luritja, Pitjantatjarra, Yankuntjatjarra people south of Alice Springs.

Our MediConnect Group Painting

During the journey of defining our mission and vision, it was important we create an Indigenous owned business that was culturally safe, inclusive, and meaningful.

Our MediConnect Group artwork was carefully selected with Sam Juparulla Wickman who created a beautiful piece we could proudly share and celebrate.

This painting represents Sam’s country on the Tanami, Simpson and Gibson Deserts. Artesian basins and underground water systems exists across the country. Natural Springs are formed on the plains and in rock shelters. Therefore these springs are visited by all the animals – everything in the desert needs water, even humans. The owl is one of the major predators around the springs and if you follow them in morning or evening they can lead you to water holes where you can wait and hunt for the various birds and mammals, just like they do. The owl hunts in the day and at night along with many other predators. Aboriginal people see these places as a food resource or their supermarkets, pharmacies and hardware stores.

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