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The next ACRRM online Mental Health Core Skills course will commence on 21 September. To register or get more information, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call Karen Ward in the PDP team on 1800 223 226. This Rural Health Education Foundation satellite broadcast discusses the latest evidence and key considerations for rural practitioners when diagnosing and managing depression in adolescents and young adults. The initial broadcast will be this Tuesday 24 August at 8:00 pm (AEST). The program will be repeated next Friday 27 August at 12:30 pm (AEST). It is produced with funding from beyondblue: the national depression initiative. For program information, please visit the program page on the RHEF website. The Leukaemia Foundation invites GPs and Health Professionals to a dinner session. Topics discussed include, What is myeloma? Signs, symptoms, diagnositc criteria, treatments, plus an update on Follicular Myeloma. The Sydney Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre will be hosting paediatric life support and simulation training at Griffith Base Hospital in November. Please see attached fliers for further details. geschn-pls-griffith-course-flyer-scssc.pdf |
Congratulations to Corrine Webb, who is Practice Manager at Kookora Surgery in Griffith. Corrine is a finalist in the 2010 AAPM Practice Manager of the Year Award, to be announced at the AAPM State Conference on August 27. This is worthy recognition for Corrine’s hard work and dedication over the years, which is clearly much appreciated by the GPs and team at Kookora Surgery. Best wishes to Corrine for the Award, from all in the Network. Please see attached the latest advice from the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer regarding the seasonal influenza vaccination program for children aged 6 months to 5 years. This advice is being provided to Emergency Departments, Aboriginal Medical Services, paediatricians and has been added to the NSW Health website at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/PublicHealth/Immunisation/programs/seasonal_influenza-2010.asp NSW_Health_CMO_advice_regarding_seasonal_influenza_vaccination_6_mnths_to_5years.pdf This issue of Medicines Safety Update was published in the August 2010 issue of Australian Prescriber. Australian Government - Therapeutic Goods AdministrationOver the next two months, some practices will experience a gap in services delivery and changes to staff who deliver our psychology services. This is due to staff resignations and new appointments. |
- Locum opportunity available Hay surgery
- Call for AGPN representative for National Immunisation Committee
- Updated advice effective from July 30 2010: ATAGI recommendations for selection of seasonal influenza vaccine for children aged > 6 months to
- Health Care Complaints Commission - Public Warning about Australian Vaccination Network (AVN)
- Chronic Condition Self-Management (CCSM) 2 Day Workshop
- Nominations are called for six elected Director positions to the Board of AGPN
- Medical Acupuncture Course
- Emergency Life Support Courses
Closing the Gap
Closing the Gap is a jointly funded Commonwealth Government and Council of Australian Governments. It aims to address gaps in health and education between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. With the support of the Commonwealth Government, Murrumbidgee General Practice Network has employed an Aboriginal Health Project Officer.
The primary goals of the Closing the Gap program are:
- To close the gap in life expectancy within a generation;
- To halve the mortality rates for children within a decade;
- To halve the gap in unemployment
MGPN’s Aboriginal Health Project Officer will be working with the primary care sector and the Aboriginal community to promote the health related activities of Closing the Gap
Murrumbidgee General Practice Network’s management system has been certified to ISO 9001
MGPN would like to acknowledge funding provided by the Australian Federal Government.
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