Macksville Maternity Services: What’s New?
Macksville Hospital’s maternity service has commenced a Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) model of care. This enables women to be cared for and supported by a small group of midwives throughout the pregnancy, birth and early postnatal period at home. The MGP model of care is for women with normal risk pregnancy. MGP midwives will offer
Free Online Dementia Course
Preventing Dementia is an open online course offering university-quality education on the latest research in dementia risk and protective factors. Is it possible to modify your risk of dementia? Recent research suggests that around 40% of dementia cases might be prevented or delayed by modifying risk factors. This free online course investigates the best available
BreastScreen NSW North Coast Mobile Calendar 2020
BreastScreen NSW is a free breast cancer screening program designed specifically for women aged 50 to 74. Women in this group are recommended to have a breast screen every two years. A breast screen (also known as a mammogram) is an x-ray of the breasts. Mammograms can detect very small breast cancers before they can
Tackling Adverse Childhood Events
The Waratah Education Foundation has funded a demonstration project in Grafton to test evidence and assumptions on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood. For example: Experiencing violence, abuse or neglect Witnessing violence in the home or community Having a family member attempt or die by suicide Also included
Exercise is Medicine: Enhancing Patient Outcomes Through Lifestyle Interventions
Exercise is Medicine Australia offers an online course designed to highlight the importance of exercise for overall health. The course introduces subsequent behaviour-change strategies specific to the adoption of exercise as a regular part of patients lifestyle. It also highlights the role of multidisciplinary care and accredited exercise physiologists in assisting patients to establish an
Updated Online Fitness to Drive Forms
Health professionals play a key role in keeping our roads safe, including determining people’s fitness to drive. Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has recently updated and simplified its online fitness to drive forms. GPs, specialists, optometrists and allied health professionals use the forms. The changes include two forms replaced by 12 specialist-focused online forms. Previous assessment
New Resource on Pain Management for Spinal Cord Injuries
The Agency for Clinical Innovation has produced a new resource to assist health professionals when managing pain in patients with a spinal cord injury (SCI). The online tool will assist clinicians to access information in a timely manner (e.g. during consults). It addresses different types of pain and populates a printable plan that directs clinicians
DiRECT-AUS Diabetes Remission Replication Project Expansion
We are pleased to announce that the DiRECT-Aus Diabetes Remission Replication Project has expanded to the Clarence Valley and Ballina/Byron regions. Dietitians are a key role in the DiRECT-Aus project. We have been fortunate to employ three dietitians for the study, allowing us to expand the project. Visit the Primary Care Impact site for more
Direct Access Colonoscopy – Mid North Coast Local Health District
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) provides free screening using an immunochemical faecal occult blood test (iFOBT) to men and women aged 50–74 years every two years. Those who receive a positive bowel screening test result are recommended to undergo further assessment, which usually involves having a colonoscopy. There is a substantial shift towards
Out-of-Home Care for Children and Young People
Children and young people in out of home care (OOHC) often have high and unmet health needs, and are more disadvantaged and vulnerable than other children. NSW Health provides coordinated health assessments and intervention for children and young people entering statutory OOHC who are expected to remain in care for longer than 90 days. The
Bowel Screening Results and My Health Record
The Department of Health has advised that commencing Monday 13 July 2020, participants in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program will have their screening results uploaded to My Health Record (MHR). To opt out, patients can tick a check box on the last page of the revised ‘Participant Details’ form. If participants do not have
New Immunisation Schedule Commenced 1 July
The new NSW Immunisation Schedule commenced on 1 July 2020. We have been advised that there is confusion as to which schedule point Act-HIB should be administered. Act-HIB should be given at the 18 month schedule point. The online version of the schedule has been updated to include solid lines between schedule points. If you
