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  • Friendly Faces Helping Hands website launched

    20 October 2020

    The ACI Rural Health Network announced the launch of a refreshed Friendly Faces Helping Hands website to acknowledge National Carers Week and the silent and unwavering commitment our carers contribute to the health and wellbeing of our communities each and every day.

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  • Get COVID tested and join the #swabmob

    28 September 2020

    Join the #swabmob – that’s the key message of a new campaign launched by COORDINARE – South Eastern NSW PHN this week to encourage more young people to get tested if they have COVID-19 symptoms.

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  • Cancer Services Specialist Letter - Handover of care to community

    21 September 2020

    eHealth NSW has developed an electronic Clinical Document Delivery Service (CDDS) for sharing patient information between hospitals, primary care providers and patients. The Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD (ISLHD) and surrounding GPs will be the first site to go live and test the new service.

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  • Management of type 2 diabetes: A handbook for general practices

    7 September 2020

    The RACGP and Diabetes Australia have united to support GPs in their management of type 2 diabetes through Management of type 2 diabetes: a handbook for general practice. General practitioners have a central role in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes within the community.

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  • Family Planning NSW Abortion Services

    4 September 2020

    Family Planning NSW (FPNSW) is now providing abortion services. Clients can now access surgical abortion up to 12 weeks + 6 days gestation and medical abortion up to 9 weeks gestation through FPNSW.

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  • Telehealth: tips to improve your 'webside manner'

    1 September 2020

    COVID-19 has required health professionals to adapt quickly in the way that they provide health care in Australia. Regardless of whether you have used telehealth before, it is now being used and offered at a much larger scale.

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  • Early Childhood Oral Health (ECOH) free online training

    27 August 2020

    Did you know: 2 in 5 of children (42%) have experienced tooth decay in their baby teeth by age 5 – 10 years (AIHW 2014), which can lead to pain, difficulty with eating and speech issues?

    Early detection and intervention is the key and primary health providers play an essential role in…

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  • Let's celebrate LGBTIQ+ young Australians on Wear It Purple Day (and every day!)

    26 August 2020

    Wear It Purple Day is coming up on 28 August! This year's theme is 'We are the change'. Whether you're a health professional, community member, LGBTIQ+ person or ally, we can all play our part in supporting and celebrating LGBTIQ+ young Australians.

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  • Multicultural videos and resources

    22 July 2020

    Are you a GP? Do you speak a second language?

    Illawara Shoalhaven Local Health Distrist (ISLHD) Multicultural Health Service is creating videos in languages other than English to encourage culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to get tested for COVID-19.

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  • Fee waiver extension for mental health courses

    20 July 2020

    Health professionals can grant free access to THIS WAY UP courses for consumers using the code FREEPASS until 30th of September 2020.  

    Register as a clinician on the This Way Up site. Create a THIS WAY UP Quickscript, linked to you as the treating clinician.

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  • Interactive webinars for general practice reception staff

    13 July 2020

    COORDINARE recognises the significant role receptionists play as part of the health care team. Working with University of New England (UNE) Partnerships, we are providing a series of interactive webinars for receptionists that will be delivered monthly from July.

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  • Eating disorders: free online module and other resources

    5 July 2020

    The InsideOut Institute is offering GPs and primary care practitioners free access to The Essentials: Training Clinicians in Eating Disorders, an online training module to support the management of patients with eating disorders. The module is normally priced at $280.

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