Subsidised Advanced Life Support training now available in practices
Healthy North Coast has an exciting training opportunity now available for practices in the Mid North Coast and Northern NSW to gain Advanced Life Support skills in the comfort of their own practice. In order to reduce patient deterioration and poor outcomes for at-risk patients, GPs are at the front line of patient care to
Catch up with colleagues at your nearest clinical society this May
Regional clinical societies provide a great opportunity to come together with other primary health care professionals and talk through clinical topics particularly relevant to the local region. Held every quarter, each clinical society chooses a topic under an overarching theme – in this instance the theme for May is ‘end-of-life planning’. Each event is unique
HealthPathways update: May 2022
The COVID-19 HealthPathways continue to be regularly updated as new information becomes available. New HealthPathways: Community Support for Children, Youth, and Carers Frailty in Older Adults Inflammatory Bowel Disease Medications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease B12 Deficiency Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Follow-up Our GP Clinical Editors have reviewed the following pathways: Falls Risk Assessment
GP resources launched for hearing health
Soundfair and the Deafness Foundation have launched a new suite of hearing health information resources for GPs and their patients. With research showing it takes an average of 10 years for people to access help for their hearing loss, this suite of resources was funded by the Deafness Foundation and developed by Soundfair in consultation
Comcare release GP Psychological Assessment Guide for capacity to work
This Comcare guide will help GPs to perform psychological assessments of capacity for work and make recommendations for reasonable adjustments to support performance of work duties.
National Palliative Care Week: ‘It’s your right’
This year’s National Palliative Care Week seeks to raise awareness about the rights of all Australians to access high-quality palliative care when and where they need it.
Free webinar: an interdisciplinary approach to perinatal anxiety and depression
The Mental Health Professionals Network are hosting a free webinar for health care professionals on 12 May to explore perinatal anxiety and depression with key experts.
Bangalow Medical Centre promotes Heart Health Week
This Heart Week (2–8 May), Bangalow Medical Centre worked hard to create awareness of Heart Week to their local community.
Head to Health connecting people to mental health care and support
Lismore’s Head to Health hub is offering short and medium-term care and service navigation to people experiencing mental health issues, distress, or crisis. Located at Healthy North Coast’s new Lismore Primary Health Precinct, Head to Health hubs provide a welcoming, low stigma, soft entry point for engagement, assessment and treatment. They offer free mental health support
Reminder to complete primary health care survey: closing 8 May
Our ‘Flood-Affected Primary Health Care Services: Request for Information’ survey closes Sunday 8 May 2022.
Hastings-Macleay Practice Managers’ Network
The latest meeting of the Hastings-Macleay Practice Managers’ Network featured valuable information on staff recruitment and retention, as well as recommendations on setting up a GP network for the region.
You can now refer your patients to COTA’s Living Longer Living Stronger program
Living Longer Living Stronger exercise program for people aged 50-100+ launched across the Mid-North Coast and Northern NSW.
