We have some great news: we’re coming back face to face!
The Clarence Valley Clinical Society is your chance to embed yourself in your local community of health practitioners. It’s an opportunity to make friends, network, get to know your referrals, learn new information and have fun in a collaborative, knowledge-sharing space.
On Tuesday 16 November, the Clarence Valley Clinical Society will meet at Vines@139 Grafton for an evening to reflect on the past year, come together and gain some education. We’ll be hearing from Leonie Staples, Project Manager First 2000 Days, and Dr James Hodges, a local paediatrician, about the services the Child and Family Wellbeing Hub in Grafton offers to support local families during a child’s first 5 years of life.
We’ll also talk to you about the Clarence Valley CPD needs assessment and share with you Healthy North Coast’s draft 2022 CPD calendar. This will be a chance for you to let us know what’s missing and which CPD topics are important for your personal learning.
Clarence Valley Clinical Society
Tuesday 16 November
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Vines@139 Grafton
What’s included: canapes and a two-course dinner.
Speakers:
- Leonie Staples, Project Manager, First 2000 Days, Tresillian Family Care Centres
- Dr James Hodges, Paediatrician, Grafton Base Hospital
About our guest speakers
Leonie Staples is a Prince2 Agile-qualified project manager with extensive experience delivering projects within the health, community service and housing sectors in Australia. The First 2000 Days project develops partnerships across the health, education and community sectors to design and deliver early intervention initiatives that support families and children. It develops coordinated and person-centred services that work collaboratively to build a healthy foundation for life. The service needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are a particular focus.
Dr James Hodges is Staff Specialist Paediatrician at Grafton Base Hospital and is on the project team for First 2000 Days. He has been actively involved in outlining the importance of the first 2,000 days in a child’s life.
Who’s invited?
The Clarence Valley Clinical Society is all about fostering integration.
With this in mind, all primary health care professionals working in the Clarence Valley LGA (as well as the surrounds) are encouraged to come along. We’d love to see a good mix of GPs, GP registrars, practice managers, nurses and staff, allied health, Aboriginal health workers and service coordinators in attendance.
Numbers will be limited in line with COVID safety, so please register early to reserve your place.
In the event that we need to cancel the face-to-face event, we will instead join online for a shorter session and all those registered will receive a free gift.
Help us spread the word!
To help us grow the Clarence Valley Clinical Society, we need your help. Please download the flyer for this event and share it with your colleagues. Encourage them to come along and if they can’t make it, tell them to sign up for the Clarence Valley Clinical Society to be notified of future events.
COVID safety
Healthy North Coast takes it obligations for your safety seriously. We advise that the venue where the event is to be held is COVID-safe and that a COVID safety plan has been developed and registered with the NSW Government.
Numbers will be restricted, so reserve your place early.
If you are sick or experiencing the mildest of symptoms, please do not attend.
All attendees must comply with the NSW Government order (effective 11 October 2021) stating that no unvaccinated person (over the age of 16) is allowed into hospitality premises.