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Catch-up vaccinations for 10–19-year-olds
The  Commonwealth Government has announced funding to provide ongoing access to catch-up vaccines from 1 July 2017 for 10 to 19-year-olds and for newly arrived refugees and humanitarian entrants. Read more

Local practice networks in August
SEMPHN-facilitated local Practice Networks are an ideal place to get together with your peers, as well as hearing from presenters and invited guests. Read more

Equally Well
Equally Well calls for better collaboration and coordination between governments, professional bodies, social and community services and other leaders in mental health. Read more

More youth mental health support
Young people seeking help to deal with the pressures of life will benefit from a $500,000 Australian Government investment in better online mental health support. Read more

The  Commonwealth Government has announced funding to provide ongoing access to catch-up vaccines from 1 July 2017 for 10 to 19-year-olds and for newly arrived refugees and humanitarian entrants, through the National Immunisation Program (NIP). This is in addition to free vaccines for all children up to 10 years of age.
 
NIP expansion factsheets, brochures and posters are available online, including:

• Vaccination Provider Factsheet – 10 to 19 year olds
• Vaccination Provider Factsheet – Refugees and humanitarian entrants
• Consumer Poster – 10 to 19 year olds
• Consumer flyer – 10 to 19 year olds

These items, and the full range of Immunise Australia promotional materials, are available for download and hardcopy order.

A mail-out of materials to General Practitioners and other service providers will occur soon.

SEMPHN-facilitated local Practice Networks are an ideal place to get together with your peers, as well as hearing from presenters and invited guests.

August Practice Network meetings are scheduled at:

• Dandenong, 2 August at Greater Dandenong City Council 6.00 – 7.30pm Details and registration
• St Kilda, 10 August at St Kilda Town Hall 6.00 – 7.30pm Details and registration
• Frankston, 17 August at Cube 37 Frankston Arts Centre 6.00 – 7.30pm Details and registration

The Practice Managers presentation will discuss suicide prevention and up-skilling clinical staff to create a supportive environment within practices.

The Nurses presentation will cover optimal care pathways for people with bowel cancer.

Network meetings are held every two months in each location. A light dinner is provided, with dedicated time to talk among yourselves after the presentations.

Participants will also be invited to an online information sharing network via Basecamp.

First timers can register via our website Events page.

For more information contact Kate Ryan on 8514 6608 or email kate.ryan@semphn.org.au.

SEMPHN supports the Equally Well Consensus Statement, launched in Canberra last week by National Mental Health Commission Chair, Professor Alan Fels.

Equally Well calls for better collaboration and coordination between governments, professional bodies, social and community services and other leaders in mental health to make the physical health of people living with mental illness a national priority. The public launch of the Equally Well initiative is an important step forward to address this priority.

Equally Well and its 53 supporting organisations, including SEMPHN, promote:

• a holistic, person centred approach to physical and mental health and wellbeing
• effective promotion, prevention and early intervention
• equity of access to all services
• improved quality of health care
• care coordination and regional integration across health, mental health and other services and sectors which enable a contributing life
• the monitoring of progress towards improved physical health and wellbeing.

To learn more about Equally Well, go to the website.

Young people seeking help to deal with the pressures of life will benefit from a $500,000 Australian Government investment in better online mental health support.

ReachOut — the online mental health organisation for young people — has today unveiled a new digital platform that significantly expands its ability to help young people and their parents.

The Australian Government contributed over $500,000 to the development of the new platform, dubbed ReachOut Next Generation.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2 Aug		Dandenong Practice Networks Practice Managers, Practice Nurses Dandenong Details and registration
3 Aug		2017 Clinical audit & education program GPs Melbourne Details and registration
5 Aug		2017 Successfully Working with Women and their Health GPs Parkville Details and registration
10 Aug		St Kilda Practice Networks Practice Managers, Practice Nurses St Kilda Details and registration
12 Aug		Acute Eye Conditions and Paediatric ENT GPs East Melbourne Details and registration
16  Aug		Real-Time Prescription Monitoring: Challenges and Opportunities GPs, Pharmacists, AOD Workers, Nurses Glen Waverley Details and registration
16 Aug		Thunderstorm Asthma Workshops GPs, Practice Nurse, Pharmacist, Physiotherapists Brighton Details and registration
17 Aug		Frankston Practice Networks Practice Managers, Practice Nurses Frankston Details and registration
17-18 Aug		Australian Youth AOD Conference 2017 Allied Health Professional, GPs, Other Melbourne Details and registration
21-22 Aug		Course in Wound Closure and Suturing Nurses, GPs, Allied Healthcare Workers Frankston Details and registration
23 Aug		Trans & Gender Diverse Youth Inclusive Practice Training GPs, Managers, Practice Nurses, Bentleigh East Details and registration
26 Aug		Hepatitis C in Primary Care and Drug and Alcohol Settings GPs Essendon Details and registration
29 Aug		Thunderstorm Asthma Workshops GPs, Practice Nurse, Pharmacist, Physiotherapists Rosebud Details and registration

For more information about events contact Stephenie Cook ph: (03) 8514 6609 or events@semphn.org.au

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