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.

EOI: CESPHN GP Engagement Strategy – Consultation Roles

Are you interested in strengthening the PHN’s role in supporting general practice? Central and Eastern Sydney PHN is seeking expressions of interest from general practitioners to partake in consultations for our new GP Engagement Strategy. This strategy will deliver better engagement and will offer a targeted approach to general practice needs. For more details, please contact Win Yee Tan.
Click here for more information.

POLAR Webinar - Wednesday 8 May

The next Population Level Analysis and Reporting (POLAR) webinar is scheduled for Wednesday 8 May 2019 from 1-2 pm. Shane Lowe, the Business Development and Education Manager at Outcome Health, will demonstrate the new functionalities and also discuss the features and activities for the upcoming Quality Improvement PIP.
Click here for more information and to register.

Changes across the care pathway for melanoma 

Melanoma is considered Australia’s ‘national cancer’ and presents a significant disease burden to the Australian population. CINSW has released their latest rapid learning installment, created to update busy health professionals on the significant changes to the care pathway for melanoma over the last 12 months. 
Click here for more information.

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

As you may be aware there is currently a Royal Commission into quality and safety of aged care services. Central and Eastern Sydney PHN (CESPHN) will be providing a submission on behalf of primary care practitioners working in central and eastern Sydney who provide a service to older patients residing in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) and the community. Your views are important in shaping the future of aged care services. Please complete the following survey questions about aged care services, and tell us what you think works well and where things could be improved. This survey is to be completed by medical practitioners, practice nurses, allied health staff and pharmacists who visit RACFs and provide a service to older people living in the community. A separate survey will be developed for Residential Direct Care Staff working in RACFs.
Click here to complete the survey.

Have your say - Cervical Screening during the antenatal and postnatal periods 

You are invited to complete an online survey for a study from CESPHN, SESLHD and Cancer Institute NSW that aims to increase rates of participation in cervical screening of never screened and under screened women during the antenatal and postnatal periods.
Click here if you are a providers of cervical screening.
Click here if you are promoting / referring for cervical screening.
For further information please contact Lauren Walker l.walker@cesphn.com.au.

St George Hospital - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Service 

What is Crohn’s and Colitis? Every day someone in Australia is diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis - the two main forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The IBD clinic runs every Friday at 1.00 pm (except the first Friday of the month) at the Outpatient Department, Ground Floor, Prince William Wing, ph: 9113 2513. The IBD nurse is available Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Gastroenterology Department, Level 1 Burt Neilson Wing , ph: 9113 3111 or 9113 2817, Hospital Mobile; 0409795 969.
Click here for more information.

Free eating disorder professional development video series

The National Eating Disorder Collaboration has developed five new digital professional development resources on eating disorders for health professionals. Find out more about screening, assessment, medical management, nutritional management and psychological treatment. 
Click here for more information.

Training: 'Providing Quality Health Care for People Who Use Illicit Drugs'

NUAA is launching its first RACGP accredited active learning module training for GPs to help remove the barriers for accessing health care for people who use drugs. The event will be run on 25 May from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm. Free parking is available, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided. For more information click here, or to register complete this form.
For any enquiries, please contact Ruan Uys, Director, Training & Workforce Development on training@nuaa.org.au or phone (02) 8354 7300.

Navigating genomic testing in primary care: A new e-learning module

GPs are expected to engage in more discussions around genomic information with patients as genomic tests become more common. The Garvan Institute of Medical Research worked with ThinkGP to develop a 1.5 hour interactive module. This RACGP and ACRRM accredited resource aims to help GPs understand genomic testing and reports, and support their patients. 
Click here for more information.

Free tea cup for every woman attending BreastScreen Campsie in May

BreastScreen aims to improve the survival rates of women with breast cancer by providing free screening mammograms to women aged 50-74. For the month of May at the Campsie clinic, every woman screened will be gifted a tea cup. This is an initiative to encourage open conversations about breast health and breast cancer screening among women. Click here to view the flyer.
To find out more or to book an appointment, click here.

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

As you may be aware there is currently a Royal Commission into quality and safety of aged care services. Central and Eastern Sydney PHN (CESPHN) will be providing a submission on behalf of primary care practitioners working in central and eastern Sydney who provide a service to older patients residing in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) and the community. Your views are important in shaping the future of aged care services. Please complete the following survey questions about aged care services, and tell us what you think works well and where things could be improved. This survey is to be completed by medical practitioners, practice nurses, allied health staff and pharmacists who visit RACFs and provide a service to older people living in the community. A separate survey will be developed for Residential Direct Care Staff working in RACFs.
Click here to complete the survey.

Free eating disorder professional development video series

The National Eating Disorder Collaboration has developed five new digital professional development resources on eating disorders for health professionals. Find out more about screening, assessment, medical management, nutritional management and psychological treatment. 
Click here for more information.

Free tea cup for every woman attending BreastScreen Campsie in May

BreastScreen aims to improve the survival rates of women with breast cancer by providing free screening mammograms to women aged 50-74. For the month of May at the Campsie clinic, every woman screened will be gifted a tea cup. This is an initiative to encourage open conversations about breast health and breast cancer screening among women. Click here to view the flyer.
To find out more or to book an appointment, click here.

Exercise for better mental health!

Mood Active is offering free places in their upcoming "4-week Well-being Workout" programs. Each session is 2.5 hours and looks at motivation and resilience strategies along with 60 minutes of exercise. Programs are now running at Rockdale, The Rocks and Camperdown. 
For more information please email info@moodactive.com.au or call 0412 190 842.

As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts. If you would like to submit an article or have suggestions on content you would be interested in reading, please email editor@cesphn.com.au.