COVID-19 UPDATE

Check the NSW Health website for COVID-19 updates.

For local advice visit the CESPHN coronavirus webpage.

Follow our social media channels for regular updates on the COVID-19 vaccine and other critical information for health professionals:

This week's update covers:

• COVID-19 vaccine roll-out updates
• COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy
• NSW COVID-19 update
• and MORE!

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Immunisation weekly update

We have updated and enhanced our Immunisation web pages.

Below are new pages with resources that may be useful to you:

• COVID-19 vaccine
• Influenza 2021
• Immunisation - Nurses
• Immunisation - Pharmacists
• Immunisation – RACF
• Immunisation Alerts and Notices

If you need any support or have any questions, please email: immunisation@cesphn.com.au

Follow our social media channels for regular updates on the COVID-19 vaccine and other critical information for health professionals:

Keep up to date with the latest immunisation news for health professionals on our website

Read about:

• Ordering masks
• Power outage and COVID-19 vaccine
• ​How to upload vaccine records to AIR for patients without Medicare

• The National Booking System for COVID-19 vaccine

NOW RECRUITING! Mental Health Professionals to join the Psychological Support Services program

Are you an experienced Mental Health Professional (MHP) and work in the CESPHN region?

Have you considered providing focused psychological strategies (FPS) to hard-to-reach groups who are most vulnerable and unable to access psychological support due to financial hardship or other barriers?

CESPHN commissioned service providers are now recruiting MHPs to join their PSS team in delivering FPS under the Psychological Support Services (PSS) program.

To become a registered PSS MHP please contact the commissioned provider organisations listed below:

APMHA
All PSS target populations
Monique Ataryniw
1300 514 811

Lilly Pilly Counselling
All PSS target populations
Karen Doherty
0407 952 350
Karen Duncan
0425 381 680

Sydney Mind Health
MHP’s who can deliver sessions in another language to Individuals from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse background
Dana Tse
0411 037 732

The Gender Centre
MHP’s qualified to work with Individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer/Questioning(LGBTIQ)
Phinn Borg
(02) 9055 5341

CESPHN WEBINAR: CESPHN Immunisation update 2021 

Join us online for the 2021 Immunisation update.

When: Tuesday, 30 March 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm
Where: Online
RACGP points: 3
Target audience: GPs, Practice Nurses, Practice Staff and Pharmacists

CESPHN WEBINAR: CESPHN Immunisation update 2021

Join us online for the 2021 Immunisation update.

When: Tuesday, 30 March 7.00pm – 8.30pm
Where: Online
RACGP points: 3
Target audience: GPs, Practice Nurses, Practice Staff and Pharmacists

External event: NDIS and Psychosocial Disability Quality and Safety Forum 

Are you an NDIS service provider for people living with psychosocial disability?

Then the National NDIS and Psychosocial Disability Quality and Safety Forum will help make sense of the latest issues.

Join in for free and hear major speakers, including NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner Graeme Head.

When: Thursday, 29 April 9.30 am – 2.00 pm
Where: Online + in person
Target audience: NDIS providers, people living with psychosocial disabilities

Launch of the St George Hospital Cancer Survivorship Clinic 

The St George Hospital Cancer Survivorship Clinic launched on Thursday 18 March 2021 and is now accepting referrals. 

The clinic aims to improve the lives of individuals with a diagnosis of cancer by addressing physical, psychological, functional, social and sexual health needs.

Patients who are eligible for referral must:

• Be over 18 
• Have early curative cancer: breast, prostate, gynae 
• Reside in St George Hospital and Sutherland Hospital catchment areas and have had treatment in these catchment areas 
• Have completed adjuvant or definitive treatment at least 3 months prior 
• Have complex medical and/or psychosocial needs requiring a multidisciplinary approach

CESPHN WEBINAR: Bone and Joint Health

Join the leaders in bone and joint health for this online presentation.

When: Wednesday, 7 April 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm
Where: Online
RACGP points: 3
Target audience: GPs, Practice Nurses, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Chiropractors and Osteopaths

CESPHN WEBINAR: Clinician Vaccine Integrated Platform

Join us for this Lunch and Learn webinar on Vaccine Integrated Platform.

When: Wednesday, 21 April | Lunch and Learn 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm
Where: Online
Target audience: GPs, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, Practice Staff and Pharmacists

Survey: Assist in shaping the Commonwealth Digital Health Blueprint 

Now more than ever, there is a need for the Commonwealth to play a stronger role in setting digital health policy that delivers better health outcomes and experiences for consumers, while empowering health providers and creating efficiencies in their delivery of services.

We need your help to guide and inform the prioritisation of a digital health blueprint and investment through the completion of a survey. Your views are important as they bring valuable insights and ideas from ‘frontline experience’ on how to create a more an efficient and usable digital health system.

The survey will take approximately 12 minutes to complete, depending on your responses. 

The survey closes on Sunday 4 April 2021.

For queries about this survey please contact Fiona Purcell at EY Sweeney via email fiona.purcell@au.ey.com

The S-Check App trial has launched 

The S-Check App trial is open to anyone who reports using methamphetamine in the past month, is over 18 years old, residing in Australia, and has access to a personal smartphone to participate in the study.

If you wish to participate in the trial:

The app is available to download for free on Google® Play or the Apple® App store.

Please contact Florence Bascombe on svhs.scheckapptrial@svha.org.au for more information.

Last chance to apply for the 2021 RACGP Future Leaders Program 

If you are passionate about your profession and interested in advancing your leadership skills, there's still time to apply for the 2021 RACGP Future Leaders Program before applications close on Friday, 26 March 2021.

Australian general practice is experiencing a period of significant challenge and change. And while GPs are naturally seen as leaders in their communities, they don’t always have formal training in leadership to support them through period of change.

The RACGP Future Leaders Program gives GPs the confidence to lead change in their community.

The program aims to help you identify how your values relate to your leadership qualities. It also examines techniques for influencing and achieving change, with a focus on the future.

Visit the RACGP website to find out how you can drive change and shape the future.

CESPHN WEBINAR: Getting your practice tech ready for COVID vaccine rollout 

Bringing general practices the latest technology updates and support.

When: Tuesday, 6 April 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Where: Online
RACGP points: Attendees can self-report this activity as CPD with their governing body
Target audience: All staff involved in general practices, GPRCs, AMS and GPs visiting RACFs

CESPHN WEBINAR: Collaborative communications skills for Allied Health 

This session, presented by Dr Martina Gleeson focuses on collaborative communication skills.

When: Thursday, 22 April 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Where: Online
Target audience: Allied Health Professionals

SLHD Project ECHO Autumn Series 2021 

Sydney LHD is running two Project ECHO programs from April to June 2021 – General Mental Health (starting 20 April) and Intellectual Disability Mental Health (starting 21 April). 

All primary healthcare professionals who support people with mental health conditions are welcome.

APNA Nurse DIGEST 2021 Series 

APNA, in collaboration with the Australian Digital Health Agency have produced a webinar series for nurses focused on how digital technologies can be used to enhance daily practice. 

The DIGEST series is made up of five sessions, the final three are listed below:

Applications now open for the 2021 RACGP Mentoring Program 

Are you an experienced GP with wisdom to share with a GP in the early stages of their career? Or a New Fellow looking for guidance from an established colleague?

Then sign up for the 2021 RACGP Mentoring Program, which matches experienced GPs with New Fellows and focuses on wellbeing, collegiality and career development.

Applications for the program are now open and close 29 March 2021. 

Mentors get 40 accredited CPD points after completing the training and required follow-up webinars, and mentees who complete the training and attend the required follow-up webinars get 20 points.

If you’re interested in becoming a mentor to a New Fellow or if you’re a New Fellow who’d like a mentor’s support, visit the RACGP website.

External event: Register for Healthed's upcoming FREE webcast 

Featured topics and experts in this free webcast: 

• Medicolegal Risks and COVID Vaccine Roll-out with Dr Penny Browne 
• Flu Vaccination during COVID Vaccine Roll-out with Professor Kristine Macartney
• Faecal Incontinence: 10% of your Patients Have It! A Practical Guide For GPs with Professor Marc Gladman
• Text Messaging Strategies For Suicide Prevention with A/Prof David Horgan

Participants of this webcast can receive: 

• RACGP: 4 CPD activity points 
• ACRRM: 2 hours under the Educational Activities Category 
• Opportunity to receive FREE product samples and product information

When: Tuesday, 30 March 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm AEDT
Where: Online

Chief Medical Officer letter to GPs - Increasing notifications of infections syphilis in women of reproductive age 

Notifications of infectious syphilis among non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of reproductive age have substantially increased, particularly in major cities of Australia, posing an increased risk of congenital syphilis and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Specific actions for clinicians include:

• Repeat testing in pregnant women at high risk of infection or reinfection
• Consider infectious syphilis as a possibility when conducting sexually transmissible infection screening
• Test for infectious syphilis in any sexually active young person where they, or their partner, resides in an area of high prevalence

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