Chronic Pain Management – Dinner, Networking & Education

Coffs Harbour & Bellingen Clinical Society Thursday 29 April 2021, 6pm – 8pmC.ex Coffs Click here to register. Join your colleagues at the Coffs Harbour and Bellingen Clinical Society for dinner and a discussion on chronic pain management. We’ll start the evening with some networking and getting to know one another before we set the

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It Takes a Society to Raise a Mentally Healthy Adolescent

Clarence Valley Clinical Society Wed 28 Apr 2021, 6pm – 8pmVines@139 Grafton Click here to register. Join your colleagues at the Clarence Valley Clinical Society for dinner and a discussion on collaborative practice in adolescent mental health. We’ll start the evening with some networking and getting to know one another before we unpack the best

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HealthPathways Update – April 2021

New to HealthPathways Electronic Prescribing Vulvodynia Chronic Pelvic Pain COVID-19 Vaccination HealthPathways These HealthPathways are regularly updated as new information becomes available. To view a full list of updates, visit COVID-19 Recent Changes. Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccination COVID-19 Vaccination Information COVID-19 Vaccination Procedure Reviewed and Updated HealthPathways COVID-19 Ongoing Assessment and Management Head and Neck

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Navigating the NDIS

Ballina & Byron Clinical Society6pm Thursday 22 AprilLennox Head Cultural Centre Click here to register. Join colleagues at the Ballina & Byron Clinical Society for dinner to look behind the red tape of the NDIS.  Meet your local area coordinators, improve your understanding of the NDIS, and identify referral pathways to effectively fulfill dual coordination

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Can Exercise and Diet Prevent or Reverse Chronic Diseases?

Tweed Valley Clinical Society6pm Tuesday 20 AprilKingscliff Beach Bowls Club Click here to register. Join colleagues at the Tweed Valley Clinical Society for dinner on Tuesday 20 April to find out if some of your patients could benefit from a lifestyle change. Understand more about health and wellness coaching, explore lifestyle medicine and meet your local holistic

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Resilient Practice — Why Clinician Wellbeing is Important

Lismore, Casino & Kyogle Clinical Society6pm Wednesday 21 AprilInvercauld House Goonellabah Click here to register. Join colleagues at the Lismore, Casino & Kyogle Clinical Society for dinner and a discussion about the importance of clinician wellbeing. Sometimes we put a major effort into our patients’ care but little effort into self-care. Eventually, this can lead

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HealthPathways Evaluation

The HealthPathways program has recently embarked upon an evaluation process to assess its value to clinicians and the health system, and to identify opportunities for improvement. Mid and North Coast HealthPathways is delivered by a collaboration between Healthy North Coast, the Mid North Coast Local Health District and the Northern NSW Local Health District. It

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Creating a Better Work/Life Balance When You Are a Frontline Responder

We were delighted to have the opportunity to speak with Dr Tonya Coren last month. We’d love to hear from more clinicians practising in our region and share your story. Click here to contact us today. After nearly a year working on the front line in a respiratory clinic, testing patients for COVID-19, Dr Tonya

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General Practices Prepare for Possible Outbreak

With a COVID-19 case now identified in the Northern Rivers, it is timely for general practices to review their COVID-19 patient care and practice management. HealthPathways offers a number of comprehensive pathways to support general practice: COVID-19 Practice Management COVID-19 Initial assessment and management COVID-19 Ongoing Assessment and Management COVID-19 Referrals COVID-19 MBS Items COVID-19

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Updates to Disaster Management HealthPathways

The Disaster Management HealthPathways have been updated to reflect the current flood disaster response. Disaster Management – General Practice Response Updated to include: Emergency information about NSW flood evacuation orders How to access the free Healthy North Coast GP Telehealth service to support people in evacuation centres How to access disaster relief recovery payments for

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Primary Care Impact: Improve Preparation of Emergency Equipment

All general practices need to ensure comprehensive emergency protocols, equipment and medicines are in place to achieve best practice and manage adverse events following immunisation. Thanks to a suggestion from Dr John Moran at King Street Medical Centre, Primary Care Impact has introduced a new QI activity to assist general practices to prepare and audit their emergency equipment, including the must-have contents

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