Have your say: Healthdirect Fast Track After-Hours serviceÂ
Healthy North Coast and Healthdirect would like to hear your feedback. Whether you have used the service or not, your experience and insights are all valuable. If you’ve used the service then great – tell us how you found it, and if you haven’t, let us know and we can help overcome the barriers that
Tweed Urgent Care Service: Bringing urgent care to older people in their home
In a fantastic offering from Northern NSW LHD, the Tweed Urgent Care Service (TUCS) is able to come to RACHs in Tweed to provide urgent medical support to residents, reducing unnecessary hospital visits and easing pressure on emergency departments and make it easier for RACH clinicians to care for residents. At a recent information evening
My Health Record webinar training series
To help aged care staff understand and use My Health Records, Healthy North Coast is running a webinar training series. The training series will be delivered in partnership with NSW and ACT Primary Health Networks, the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) and various resident management software vendors. Each session will provide an overview of key
National Advance Care Planning Week (17-23 March)
National Advance Care Planning Week took place 17-23 March 2025. Advance care planning allows health professionals to understand and respect a person’s future healthcare preferences, for a time when they become seriously ill and unable to communicate for themselves. All healthcare professionals and aged care workers have an important role to help with planning and
New Aged Care Act due to commence in July 2025
The Australian Government has developed a new Aged Care Act to strengthen Australia’s aged care system. The new Act aims to ensure that people who access aged care services funded by the Australian Government are treated with respect and have the quality of life they deserve. The Bill was passed in November 2024 and the
North Coast primary health care shines during ex-Cyclone Alfred
In the aftermath of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, we want to say thank you to the wonderful community of health professionals across the North Coast, for your resilience and commitment to supporting our communities during this challenging time. Thanks to your efforts, we were able to respond swiftly and effectively, ensuring that essential health care remained
How can philanthropy drive healthcare innovation?
Philanthropy has always been a key player in advancing health outcomes, but its potential to drive systemic, long-term change in health systems has never been clearer. In Australia, philanthropic funding plays an essential role in complementing government efforts, supporting critical health and medical research, and addressing some of the most pressing health inequities. This May,
Juvenile arthritis: Late diagnosis, lifelong consequences
It was recently Juvenile Arthritis Week (16-23 March 2025). The average time from symptom onset to diagnosis of juvenile arthritis is 10 months, with lifelong consequences such as lifelong disability, pain, lost schooling, social isolation, mental health challenges, and dependence. Juvenile arthritis, or Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), is chronic joint inflammation of unknown cause in
Ensuring medicine safety: A call to action
Healthy North Coast is looking for general practitioners, practice managers, and pharmacists to share your insights on patient engagement with Electronic Prescriptions (EP) and Active Script Lists (ASL). Your participation will shape future initiatives and educational resources, contributing to a safer and more efficient healthcare system. In an era where digital health is transforming the
Applications open now for 2025 Opioid Treatment Accreditation Course (OTAC) Scholarship
The Opioid Treatment Accreditation Course (OTAC) Scholarship supports general practitioners and nurse practitioners in regional, remote and metropolitan areas in NSW to complete the training program, become accredited prescribers of opioid pharmacotherapies, and to prescribe opioid pharmacotherapies for the treatment of opioid dependence. Scholarship value Successful applicants will receive a scholarship valued at up to
Looking for ways to help your patients live well and thrive?
Registrations are now open for Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association’s (APNA) Chronic Disease Management and Healthy Ageing Program. Delivered over six months, it is designed for nurses who want to expand their knowledge in the growing area of primary health care. Best of all, it takes place entirely online! Their first workshop will be
Bulk billing benefits for all Australian general practices
From 1 November 2025, every general practice will benefit from expanded eligibility for MBS bulk billing incentives to all Australians with a Medicare card. The expanded eligibility of the existing MBS bulk billing incentive to all Australians means that current bulk billing incentives payable to practices that bulk bill children under 16 years of age
