The Stratford Scholarship is a new, national opportunity for an emerging Peer leader from diverse and intersectional backgrounds who want to be part of transformational change in their community.
A Western T2 Diabetes Scholarship allowed dietitian Wendy Arney from Coomealla Health Aboriginal Corporation to attend the Diabetes Congress and Diabetes for Dieticians.
New laws come into effect today (28 November 2023) that will allow eligible people and patients in NSW a choice to access voluntary assisted dying. NSW is the last state to allow access to Voluntary Assisted Dying and from this morning, practitioners and patients can start the process of applying for access.
As the first year anniversary of the devastating floods in the Central West of NSW draws near, Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) has announced new psychology services to support the mental health and wellbeing of the affected communities.
NAIDOC Week was celebrated in Orange last week, with the NAIDOC Ball and Awards Night rounding off the celebrations. WNSW PHN was honoured to sponsor two awards for the evening.
HealthPathways is a valuable source of best-practice, online guidance for clinicians and contributes to CPD (Continuing Professional Development).
CPD activity reporting just got easier with the new CPD Reporting feature in HealthPathways. If you have a HealthPathways account, you now have access to CPD Reporting.
Services Australia has advised there will be a system release for the Organisation Register on 9 December 2024, which will introduce some changes.
MyMedicare registrations continue to increase, particularly general practice-led registrations. As of 6 November 2024, 2,126,435 patients, 6,329 general practices and ~47,000 provider numbers are registered with MyMedicare. MyMedicare voluntary patient registration is a foundation for person-centred primary care.
From 21 January 2025, a regular podiatry service will be available at Thrive Medical in Broken Hill.
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Wellington Antenatal Clinic was one of 20 clinics recognised as ˜Medicare Champions’ last week by the Prime Minister and Health Minister.
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The Far West and Western NSW region is supporting World Diabetes Day on 14 November. The Care Partnership “ Diabetes (CP-D) program partners are launching a range of initiatives to support people living with type 2 diabetes and the health professionals who provide their care.
In September, Healthdirect launched an enhanced After Hours General Practitioner (AHGP) support trial. 50 residential aged care homes (RACH) in the Far West and Western NSW regions are included in the expanded service pilot.
We are excited to announce that there is a new way to search HealthPathways.
On 25 September the Department of Health and Ageing announced the commencement date for Chronic Conditions Management MBS item changes have been deferred to 1 July 2025.
The draft Advice on the National Suicide Prevention Strategy has been released for public consultation.
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