Register for your local Disaster Ready Primary Care workshop
In recent years, the Mid North Coast and Northern NSW have experienced catastrophic disasters that have deeply impacted our communities and the service system that seeks to support them. The coordinated efforts of Healthy North Coast and primary health care providers across the region ensured continued access to critical health services for the community. To
Healthy North Coast teams up with ACRRM and RACGP
Healthy North Coast’s Workforce Development team have been collaborating with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) by engaging with Regional Training Hubs/ Rural Clinical Schools across the North Coast and offering support and early exposure to training programs for medical students. Most recently,
Improving diabetes care on the Mid North Coast
Help us shape diabetes care on the Mid North Coast! Diabetes is a leading public health challenge in NSW and Australia. One in 11 people aged over 16 years in NSW has diabetes, with this number continuing to grow. We need to hear from clinicians about: What works What doesn’t work What you think needs
Why should I care about rare diseases? They’re rare! 
Did you know that the average full time GP has 72 active rare disease patients each? Rare diseases are individually rare, yet collectively affect 8% of the population. As the first point of contact, GPs are faced with immense challenges in supporting people with rare disease to navigate the health system. Ms Nada Vidic, UNSW
Introducing APNA’s new National Mental Health Pathways to Practice Program
APNA’s new Commonwealth-funded six-month program offers FREE mentoring and peer support for registered primary health care nurses who are new to working in mental health. They’re also looking for experienced nurses to become paid mentors. Applications close on 5 April. Find out more and apply!
HealthPathways update
HealthPathways offers primary care clinicians locally agreed information to make the right decisions, together with patients, at the point of care. The Mid and North Coast HealthPathways team is regularly reviewing existing pathways in light of changing evidence, technology, and local circumstances. Below is a list of pathways that have recently been reviewed and/or updated: Clinical Vaping
Training opportunities for Domestic and Family Violence
Safer Families Centre at The University of Melbourne has limited places available for general practices to take up their evidence-based domestic and family violence training program. The ‘Pathways to Safety‘ training program strengthens the capacity of primary care providers to effectively recognise, respond and refer domestic and family violence. It is fully funded for general
Improving RACH Resident Care: Introducing the Deteriorating Resident Triage Tool (DRTT) Pilot
Healthy North Coast has an ongoing commitment to supporting care for residents of Residential Aged Care Homes (RACHs). The Aged Care and Living Well Team at Healthy North Coast are working with four RACHs to pilot a clinical toolkit aimed at enhancing the management of deteriorating or unwell residents. In collaboration with Geriatric Care Australia
New ELDAC toolkit supports risk management in aged care
The new End of Life Directions in Aged Care (ELDAC) Managing Risk Toolkit is designed to support aged care providers with effective risk management for safe, effective appropriate and quality palliative care in aged care. The toolkit focuses on three areas of risk for residents, and includes printable factsheets which can be shared with residents
Celebrating National Advance Care Planning Week (18-24 March 2024)
National Advance Care Planning Week 18 – 24 March 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 in helping with planning and ensuring
New palliative and end-of-life care workshops and eLearning resources
To improve health professionals’ knowledge, skills and confidence in the palliative approach to care for people living with a life-limiting condition, there are some new training opportunities that may be of interest: Palliative and End of Life Care Workshops from PEPA In conjunction with MNCLHD Specialist Palliative Care Service, Program of Experience in the
New topics added to RACGP’s ‘First do no harm’ guide
The RACGP has released new topics as part of First do no harm: a guide to choosing wisely in general practice. This living guide helps GPs and patients to make shared decisions on evidence-based health care, with QR codes for patients to access information during the consultation. The new clinical topic provides information for both
