General Practice Resources to Aid in Women’s Cancer Screening
NCPHN’s Women’s Cancer Screening Collaborative (WCSC) project resulted in the development of a range of resources. These include: Women’s cancer screening Measuring for Improvement guide (quality improvement manual). Tailored education materials. Case studies. Practical actions checklist poster and flyer (which provides eight tips to increase women’s cancer screening). These documents can be found at: https://hnc.org.au/wcsc/
Winter Strategy 2017 Evaluation Report
by Dr Dan Ewald Lead Clinical Adviser, NCPHN The Winter Strategy program was run in the northern half of NCPHN’s footprint during 2017 and 2018. The program aimed to deliver improved care coordination, self-management support and access to general practice for patients at high risk of being particularly unwell through the flu season. It also
Healthy Towns November Updates
Pen CS Webinars
Pen CS is now undertaking fortnightly themed webinars for all users. These sessions are a perfect opportunity to improve your CAT4 skills. Two themed webinars can already be viewed here: Recall CAT MBS Attendance Filter The next three upcoming webinars are as follows. Please note all attendees are required to register for the webinar. CAT
Introducing Dr James Whan
Dr James Whan, Consultant Psychiatrist, has joined Currumbin Clinic. Dr Whan will be commencing outpatient consultations from his private practice suites at Healthe Mind Bangalow from 27 November 2018. These suites are located at Level 1/ 3 Station Street, Bangalow NSW 2479. Dr Whan also facilitates inpatient admissions and post discharge follow up from Currumbin
HealthPathways Update November 2018
New HealthPathways have recently been published on Mid and North Coast HealthPathways. Deliberate Self-harm Perinatal Mental Illness Medications for Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Opioid Replacement Pharmacotherapy by Unaccredited Prescriber Speech and Language Difficulties in Pre School Children Diving Accidents and Decompression Illness Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehabilitation Painful or Swollen Joint in a Child Anxiety in
My Health Record Legislation Changes and Opt-Out Extension
On 15 November 2018, the Senate passed the My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018. The Bill was passed by the House of Representatives on 26 November 2018. This means the changes have now become law. The Senate also voted to extend the opt-out period for My Health Record until 31 January 2019. The
New Individual Training Requirement for Yellow Fever Vaccination ProvidersÂ
On 26 November 2018, a new training requirement for prescribers of the yellow fever vaccine will be introduced along with new National Guidelines for Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres and Providers. All medical practitioners and nurse practitioners prescribing the yellow fever vaccine will be required to successfully complete the online Yellow Fever Vaccination Course (the Course).
Test for HIV in the Lead Up to World AIDS Day
NSW Health data shows a need to increase HIV testing among heterosexual men who have sex with other men. These men may be in heterosexual relationships, be married, have children and/or come from a range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. For these men, having sex with other men may be hidden and separate from their
Hot Tip for the RACGP Standards 5th Edition
With all practice teams now required to undertake their accreditation against the RACGP Standards for general practices (5th edition), trends around common areas of non-compliance are being discovered. Although Criterion C7.1 – Content of patient health records contains six mandatory Indicators and one aspirational Indicator, only one is currently being identified as a common area
Suicide Prevention Workshop in Tweed & Byron
You are invited to a workshop on Friday 7 December from 9:15am to 2pm at The Family Centre offices, 1/14 Amber Road, Tweed Heads. You are invited to a workshop on Friday 7 December from 9:15am to 2pm at The Family Centre offices, 1/14 Amber Road, Tweed Heads. North Coast Primary Health Network (NCPHN) is
New Health Literacy Resources on HealthPathways
The Northern NSW Health Literacy website is full of helpful resources. Learn how you can improve your organisational health literacy. Or, help your patients improve their own level of health literacy. You can find: Resources to help consumers be involved in their health care. Tips on creating consumer-friendly written information. Advice on communicating in a
