Sydney Health Weekly 23 October 2019

Dear subscriber,

Welcome to this week's edition of Sydney Health Weekly! Central and Eastern Sydney PHN aims to make this newsletter your efficient one-stop-shop for primary health news and events within the central and eastern Sydney region. We are constantly working on making your news as targeted and relevant as possible and welcome your feedback to editor@cesphn.com.au.

POLAR PIP QI Clinic Reports

POLAR has integrated a PIP QI Clinic Report section where you can see your practice performance against the 10 PIP Quality Improvement measures. The diabetes, smoking, BMI, influenza, alcohol, CVD and screening tabs allow you to check your practice’s real time performance against these measures and identify patients who do not meet the criteria. The PIP QI Clinic reports provide a user friendly way of approaching the compulsory PIP QI activities and we encourage your practice to log in and have a look.

New presentation of Priorix and Priorix Tetra

GSK Australia has advised NSW Health that, over the next six months, the syringe presentations of Priorix and Priorix Tetra vaccines available in Australia will transition to Luer Lock Plastic Rigid Tip Caps.
Click here for more information.

HPV campaign launch – Phase 3

The Australian Government’s Department of Health has launched phase 3 of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination communication campaign. The campaign aims to increase awareness and understanding of the benefits, importance, safety and efficacy of the HPV vaccine, and increasing uptake of the vaccine delivered in schools through the National Immunisation Program.
Click here for more information.

Electronic Referrals to SLHD Directly from Your Clinical Software

Sydney Local Health District and Central and Eastern Sydney PHN are delighted to partner with HealthLink to enable electronic referrals directly from your practice software. This will allow you to efficiently and securely send referrals electronically to Clinics and Ambulatory Care Services within Sydney Local Health District. HealthLink’s integration with your practice software, enables referral acknowledgment and status updates to be delivered directly into your practice software’s inbox.
Click here for more information.

Community Diabetes Education – Vietnamese

Diabetes NSW is running a free Vietnamese education program for people at risk of or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (and are not using insulin). This program will increase participants’ knowledge and confidence in managing diabetes.
Date: 25 November 2019
Time: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Venue: Club Rivers, 32-34 Littleton St, Riverwood
Click here for more information.

Managing anaphylaxis after vaccination

Anaphylaxis after routine vaccination is very rare, but can be fatal. Before each vaccination session, check that you have the protocols, equipment and medicines to manage anaphylaxis.
Click here for more information.

With 1 in 4 primary health care nurses underutilised in Australia, it’s time for change

APNA has made its annual Workforce Survey live and this year they are looking for 3,000 nurses to take part! This survey informs those with power and influence in the health system and makes sure that nurses are at the table with government and ensures their voice is heard.
Click here for more information and to take the survey.

Survey for stroke survivors

A team of clinicians, academics and patient advocates at UTS are looking at ways to help support people affected by stroke. You can participate in two ways:

Online survey:

General stroke patients - please complete this survey https://redcap.research.uts.edu.au/surveys/?s=TYLHXNMA8T
CADASIL stroke patients - please complete this survey https://redcap.research.uts.edu.au/surveys/?s=JF98MM4KKX

Interview:

If you have CADASIL, or you cared for such a person, we would like to interview you. A $25 gift card is offered as a token of appreciation for your time.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Lichin Lim at poststrokestudy@uts.edu.au.

RACGP eHealth webinar series

The RACGP eHealth webinar series presents monthly webinars to support general practice teams in their use of, understanding of and obligations relating to, the use of technologies in general practice. Webinars are developed and delivered by members of the RACGP Expert Committee – Practice Technology and Management (REC—PTM) and other eHealth experts.
Click here for more information.

Managing anaphylaxis after vaccination

Anaphylaxis after routine vaccination is very rare, but can be fatal. Before each vaccination session, check that you have the protocols, equipment and medicines to manage anaphylaxis.
Click here for more information.

Community Diabetes Education – Vietnamese

Diabetes NSW is running a free Vietnamese education program for people at risk of or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (and are not using insulin). This program will increase participants’ knowledge and confidence in managing diabetes.
Date: 25 November 2019
Time: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Venue: Club Rivers, 32-34 Littleton St, Riverwood
Click here for more information.

Department of Social Services - NDIS Participant Experience Survey

The Australian Government is working to improve the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) experience for people with disability, their families and carers. To do this, the Department of Social Services are reviewing the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (the NDIS Act). The review will help DSS to develop a new set of standards known as the NDIS Participant Service Guarantee (the Guarantee), to be introduced by mid-2020. Once the Guarantee is implemented, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) will need to make decisions about people’s plans within the timeframe set by the Guarantee. This means people will know how long the NDIA will take to make a decision about their supports. The survey is designed for NDIS participants or people who provide care and support for NDIS participants. The Survey is available in a variety of formats to support people with disabilities.
Click here for more information.

Community Diabetes Education – Vietnamese

Diabetes NSW is running a free Vietnamese education program for people at risk of or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (and are not using insulin). This program will increase participants’ knowledge and confidence in managing diabetes.
Date: 25 November 2019
Time: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Venue: Club Rivers, 32-34 Littleton St, Riverwood
Click here for more information.

Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation – new website for parents

Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation (SKAI) is a new website for parents and carers of babies and young children which answers common questions about childhood immunisations. The SKAI website was developed by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, in partnership with the University of Sydney and other collaborators. The SKAI website includes:

reliable information about childhood vaccines on the National Immunisation Program
answers to common questions about childhood immunisations
videos that explain how to get your child vaccinated

Click here for more information.

Protect your kids against HPV

Young people aged approximately 12 and 13 can get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine free at school as part of the National Immunisation Program. Find out more about getting the HPV vaccine for your child, including what diseases it protects against and what to do if a dose is missed. Visit the website at to learn more about HPV and the HPV vaccine.

Brain injury buddy program project receives funding

3 Bridges has received $714,000 to fund a two-year pilot project that supports people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. The organisation was one of four successful NSW grant recipients that got the money from icare Foundation. Funds will help people who volunteer in mainstream workplaces, with the assistance of a 'buddy' who will be recruited and trained.
Click here for more information.

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