Healthy North Coast showcases Clinical Societies model at Essential Health Summit
Last month, Healthy North Coast presented their ‘Clinical Societies’ model at the Essential Health Summit in Adelaide. The Summit brought together delegates from the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) and the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM). Five PHNs were invited to the Summit to present innovative models of collaboration and building of
Upcoming: Falls Prevention and Healthy Ageing Rural Forum
Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is hosting this year’s Falls Prevention and Healthy Ageing Rural Forum, in collaboration with the Clinical Excellence Commission and the NSW Falls Prevention and Healthy Ageing Network. The forum is free. Places are limited. Event details: 9am – 3pm, Friday 20 September Ballina RSL 1 Grant St, Ballina Register
Help shape the future of health services in your community!
Healthy North Coast is reaching out to health service providers to gather information for the North Coast Health Needs Assessment. Our recent Better Health Community Survey highlighted that people in the North Coast region are facing significant challenges in accessing health services. To further understand this, we are hosting a conversation for local health service
Business skills workshop for allied health professionals
Are you an allied health professional and interested in learning more about how to run a profitable, systemised and efficient business? Most allied health professionals have access to CPD in their actual area of practice, but not necessarily in the area of improving business skills. In response to feedback about the need for business improvement
General Practice Aged Care Incentive update
As part of strengthening MyMedicare, the General Practice Aged Care Incentive (GP ACI) aims to support older people living in residential aged care to receive planned, continuous, and quality primary care from a GP and the practice based care support team, with financial support to GPs and general practices to make this more viable. How
Reminder: RACGP 2024 President election
A reminder to all fellows, members and registrar associates of the RACGP that the voting period for the RACGP President election is from Monday 12 August 2024, 12.00pm AEST until Thursday 22 August 2024, 12.00pm AEST. Acting as the key public figure for the RACGP – the voice and spokesperson of the College to members
New Electroencephalogram (EEG) services in Port Macquarie
After many years, Electroencephalogram (EEG) services are back in Port Macquarie. At this stage, Routine EEG and Sleep-Deprived EEGs are being offered. They will be performed at: Neurology New South Wales Suite 5, 10B Highfields Circuit, Port Macquarie NSW 2444 They will be performed by Sr Candice Conroy, who is an experienced ICU Nurse at
Is your patient suitable for referral to Gold Coast Health?
Work is underway between Gold Coast Health, NSW Health and Healthy North Coast to clearly define conditions that are in and out of scope for Northern NSW patients requesting care at Gold Coast Health. Should your patient be suitable for referral to Gold Coast please refer to Gold Coast HealthPathways to ensure all pre-requisite tests
Is your NASH PKI certificate expiring?
It’s important that healthcare organisations know the renewal date of their National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate. The NASH PKI certificate allows health care providers to access ePrescribing, Secure messaging and My Health Record. If the certificate expires it affects the ability for healthcare organisations to send and receive critical
Reemergence of MPOX in the Northern Rivers of NSW
Attendees who joined us over the last 6 months for our Sexual Health and STI Clinical Society events, both online and face to face, indicated there was an interest in further information on topics impacting the communities we live and work in. As such, we wanted to touch base with a webinar recording on the
Primary care nursing and midwifery scholarships
The Department of Health and Aged Care’s Primary Care Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship Program is making 1,850 postgraduate scholarships available over the next 4 years. Eligible applicants include registered nurses and midwives. The program focuses on improving the skills of nursing and midwifery health workers. It aims to build the health workforce in primary care,
Healthy North Coast unveils education & events calendar for July-December 2024
Healthy North Coast is proud to unveil its July to December 2024 Education Calendar for health professionals. The calendar features a mix of face to face and online events. Online events will cover a range crucial topics such as Voluntary Assisted Dying, sexual health, and others. There are two rounds of upcoming Clinical Society events
