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General practice supporting bowel cancer awareness

This month is national bowel cancer awareness month which draws attention to the valuable role general practice plays in promoting bowel cancer screening. It also highlights the role general practice plays in encouraging patients to take that final step and have the test.

World No Tobacco Day 2021

World No Tobacco Day aims to raise awareness about the dangers of using tobacco and focuses on providing essential support to tobacco users to quit. This year’s theme is Commit To Quit.

ACT & SNSW HealthPathways: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander updates

Reviewing and updating the suite of pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health has been a major focus for the ACT and SNSW HealthPathways team. All of the updated pathways are now available on the HealthPathways website, including a live Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services Directory.

Expression of Interest – Evaluation of HealthPathways during the bushfires and COVID-19

COORDINARE together with Capital Health Network (ACT PHN) is seeking feedback from GPs, practice nurses and practice managers on how HealthPathways supported you during disaster and pandemic planning and response.

Chronic Pain Management Program in Southern NSW

COORDINARE is offering small group education programs targeting patients suffering low to moderate chronic pain for more than 3 months. Each Chronic Pain Management Program (CPMP) is facilitated by two suitably qualified allied health professionals.

Improving opioid safety

In Australia, pharmaceutical opioids are now responsible for more deaths and hospitalisations than illegal opioids such as heroin, which has contributed to the recent changes in regulations and to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) changes to prescription opioids.

COORDINARE's role in bushfire response and recovery

The South Eastern NSW region has been badly affected by the recent bushfires, and you may be wondering about COORDINARE’s role in response and recovery.

Burns pathways now live

Burns pathways are now live on both ACT & Southern NSW HealthPathways and Illawarra Shoalhaven HealthPathways.

Online tool improving quality of care for patients

A free online tool for health professionals has been improving patient care by providing local up-to-date assessment, management and referral options. Today ACT and Southern NSW HealthPathways launched the mobile-friendly version of HealthPathways and celebrated the milestone of creating 500 localised pathways for clinical conditions.

ACT & Southern NSW HealthPathways platform now mobile-friendly!