e-news 12 Feb 2010
Welcome to NWQPHC's electronic newsletter! Each Friday we will email a link to the latest news and updates. If you would prefer your update to be faxed, please contact your local Practice Support Officer
- Living With Lead Seminar - Mount Isa
Dr Mark Little will present a living with lead seminar during Grand Rounds on Friday 19th February (more) - Mount Isa Child & Youth Mental Health Service has commenced for young people aged between 6-18 years - referral form. (more)
- DEAF PEOPLE NOW CAN GIVE FULL INFORMED CONSENT FREE INTEPRETERS AT THE DOCTOR’S (more)
- Medical Director and Best Practice Training - Townsville
We invite Practice Staff and General Practitioners to join us for Medical Director and Best Practice Software Training facilitated by Margaret Windsor of DARTA Medical (more) - Bus Transport now available every Wednesday Ingham to Townsville for mediacl appointments (more)
- National Close the Gap Day
National Close the Gap Day will be held on 25 March this year. Get involved and join the thousands of people around Australia holding events (more) - AGPAL Practice Awards – nominations closing soon
If you know of a practice that has introduced an innovative solution and/or has increased consumer involvement (more) - 53rd Gold Coast Clinical Update: Postcards from General Practice
1 - 2 May 2010 | Sea World Resort - The RACGP Queensland Faculty invites you to a mix of work and play at the 53rd Gold Coast (more) - DATE CLAIMER - Put this in Your Diary (more)
- Free CME program and practice resource offer
The ALLIANCE program is an accredited educational activity for GPs and Practice Nurses designed to help improve overall clinical outcomes for people with genital herpes (GH) by encouraging
a practice-wide collaborative approach to the care of patients (more) - The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is recommencing. (more)
- Allied Health Visits (more)
- Health Services Newsletters (more)
- Education and Training Opportunities for this Month (more)
- Bus Transport now available every Wednesday Ingham to Townsville for mediacl appointments
Latest initiative from the Hinchinbrook Transport Consortium – Out and About in Hinchinbrook. A new travel service, for bus travel from Ingham to non-urgent medical appointments in Townsville. If there’s a choice of day of the week, make the appointment for a Wednesday, and your transport is available… This bus service is for people who have a non urgent medical or dental appointment in Townsville. Escorts of patients with medical appointments can travel, please call to check eligibility for discounted fares. Space permitting we will be able to transport the general public. Passengers who do not have an appointment and are just travelling to Townsville for social reasons will pay full fare.
- National Close the Gap Day
National Close the Gap Day will be held on 25 March this year. Get involved and join the thousands of people around Australia holding events to raise awareness of the Indigenous health crisis.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are still dying 10 to 17 years younger than other Australians. For that reason, more than 40 national organisations came together in 2006 to form Close the Gap - Australia's largest ever campaign to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Since then, the Close the Gap Campaign has come a long way.
How to get involved:
Hold your own event and support Close the Gap Day 2010:
The campaign to end the Indigenous health crisis is at a critical point. Alert others to this issue and make your voice heard by holding your own Close the Gap day event.To register your event, please visit http://www.oxfam.org.au/act/events/close-the-gap-day/register
To view tips on organising your event, please visit
http://www.oxfam.org.au/act/events/close-the-gap-day/organising-your-event
For further information, please visit http://www.oxfam.org.au/act/events/close-the-gap-day
- AGPAL Practice Awards – nominations closing soon
If you know of a practice that has introduced an innovative solution and/or has increased consumer involvement AGPAL would like to hear from you.
Nominations close 28 February 2010 for the:
• AGPAL Quality Innovation Award, and
• AGPAL Consumer Involvement Award.
For further information about each award category visit the AGPAL website at www.agpal.com.au
Nominations can be submitted online click here
- 53rd Gold Coast Clinical Update: Postcards from General Practice
1 - 2 May 2010 | Sea World Resort - The RACGP Queensland Faculty invites you to a mix of work and play at the 53rd Gold Coast Clinical Update: Postcards from General Practice. For a well deserved break, the friendly location offers a great range of discounted activities for you and your family to enjoy. Register before 31 March to take advantage of the Early Bird rate and save on your registration. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to earn Category 1 and 2 points before the end of the triennium! The conference will cover a number of topics including CPR, Urology, Sexual Health, Dermatology, Diabetes, Paediatric Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology and more! Conference Registration includes a unique Shark Bay Experience and a ticket to the Conference Dinner featuring an exciting dolphin show!
For further information on this event, please contact Georgina Scriha, Marketing and Events Coordinator on 07 3456 8941, email georgina.scriha@racgp.org.au or visit http://www.racgp.org.au/facultyeventlinks/QLD0910_12.pdf
- DATE CLAIMER - Put this in Your Diary
Mental Health workshop and Townsville Hospital Diabetes Update 2010 with Dr Sangla
Date: 20 March 2010
Registration: 10 am
Venue: Rydges Southbank Convention Centre, Savoy Room, 23 Palmer Street, South Townsville
PLEASE NOTE: LILLY WILL BE OFFERING 1 NIGHT OF ACCOMMODATION FOR NWQPHC GPs
This event does not attract QA&CPD points.