Sydney Health Weekly 7 August 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.

QI&CPD triennium ends 31 December 2019 - how are you progressing?

As we are coming to the end of the triennium, now is a great time to review your progress and complete any outstanding requirements. As a reminder, the 2017-19 triennium requires a minimum of 130 points comprising:

two Category 1 activities, one of which must be a quality improvement activity
one CPR activity.

For more information on the QI&CPD 2017–19 triennium, visit the RACGP website.

Using PENCS for PIP QI in General Practice

PIP QI commenced on 1 August, 2019. This training session on 15 August at 6.30 pm is for general practices who are using Pen CS. In this session you will learn how to work with your CAT Plus tools in the context of PIP QI.

Learning Outcomes:

Be familiar with reports/queries relating to the 10 Improvement Measures
Participants will be shown how CAT Plus can assist and inform quality improvement activities

Click here for more information and to register.

Exciting news for Sydney CBD regarding BreastScreen NSW

Women living and working in the CBD now have two locations to access free breast screening in the heart of Sydney. BreastScreen NSW will be providing free breast screening at:

David Jones Rose Clinic Elizabeth Street - Level 4, 86-108 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
Sydney BreastScreen Sydney Hospital – Nightingale Wing, Macquarie Street, Sydney

Women can book their free screening mammogram with BreastScreen NSW. The service is free every two years for all women aged 40 years and over. Women 50 to 74 years of age are particularly encouraged to attend. We now know that 1 in 8 women in NSW will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, so early detection is vital. We also know that 9 out of 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer have no known family history. Having a regular mammogram and being breast aware is important for women with a known family history of breast cancer, and women with no known history.
Click here to book an appointment or call 13 20 50.

All Things Aged Care 3.0 - register now!

Join us in discussing some of the key issues in aged care on Saturday 21 September 2019.
Confirmed topics include:

Frailty: Associate Professor Peter Gonski
Dementia: Dr Allan Shell
Advance Care Planning and Capacity: Associate Professor Joel Rhee

Click here for more information.

Seeking mental health professionals to complete survey

This study - 'The decision-making preferences of clinicians in the detection of depression' - investigates how different signs of Major Depressive Disorder are weighted by clinicians in the assessment process. Diagnostic guidelines assume that diagnostic criteria are equally important and interchangeable. However, we contend that clinicians use clinical intuition and judgement to weight indicators differentially. This may improve diagnosis. We are interested in ascertaining how clinicians integrate clinical context and diagnostic criteria when making diagnostic decisions. The survey comprises 20 questions where you will make clinical decisions based on hypothetical case information and questions pertaining to professional background information. This will take approximately 15 minutes.
Click here for more information.

Low back pain in primary health - peer mentoring workshop

The Musculoskeletal Network of NSW Health’s Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) are hosting a peer mentoring workshop session for Acute Low Back Pain on September 5 with the aim of helping clinicians and service managers across NSW Health learn from each other to improve the care provided to patients in this area (provisional agenda attached for your information). The Musculoskeletal Network of NSW Health’s Agency for Clinical Innovation have also published a model of care for the management of people with acute low back pain which can be accessed here.
Click here for more information and to register.

Upcoming CPR courses

Our courses are designed to provide GPs with the necessary CPR knowledge and skills as per the requirement in the 2017–19 Quality Improvement and Continuing Professional Development (QI&CPD) triennium.

Upcoming dates:

Monday 2 September, Canterbury Hurlstone RSL Club - click here to register
Monday 14 October, Tradies Gymea - click here to register
Monday 4 November, Canada Bay Club - click here to register

Free health coaching for older patients with chronic disease

To help GPs assist their older patients to better understand their health problems, CESPHN are currently sponsoring a FREE telehealth coaching program suitable for older patients with chronic conditions.
Click here for more information.

Changes to accessing the Australian Immunisation Register

You may have heard about the recent changes to accessing the AIR. Updates have been made for accessing and using the AIR as a medical practice, medical practitioner, midwife, nurse practitioner or other vaccination provider.
Click here for more information.

Launch of eviQ

eviQ is an Australian Government, freely available online resource of cancer treatment protocols developed by multidisciplinary teams of cancer specialists. eviQ provides evidence based information to support health professional in the delivery of cancer treatments. It is part of the Cancer Institute NSW suite of websites. Their resources include GP fact sheets and they have just added four new topics, specifically for GPs to support their patients during cancer treatment.
Click here for more information and to view the fact sheets.

All Things Aged Care 3.0 - register now!

Join us in discussing some of the key issues in aged care on Saturday 21 September 2019.
Confirmed topics include:

Frailty: Associate Professor Peter Gonski
Dementia: Dr Allan Shell
Advance Care Planning and Capacity: Associate Professor Joel Rhee

Click here for more information.

Building your allied health business

Central and Eastern Sydney PHN and Realise Business have teamed up to create a series of workshops to help you build your business. Specifically designed for allied health professionals, a highly experienced team of Business Advisers will deliver these workshops and leave you with some clear tangible outcomes. Following the workshops, the experts will be available to work with you individually through a business coaching program to help you put your learnings into practice. To allow us to customise the content with a focus on what’s most relevant for you, we are asking you to take part in a brief survey.
Click here to complete the survey.

Exciting news for Sydney CBD regarding BreastScreen NSW

Women living and working in the CBD now have two locations to access free breast screening in the heart of Sydney. BreastScreen NSW will be providing free breast screening at:

David Jones Rose Clinic Elizabeth Street - Level 4, 86-108 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
Sydney BreastScreen Sydney Hospital – Nightingale Wing, Macquarie Street, Sydney

Women can book their free screening mammogram with BreastScreen NSW. The service is free every two years for all women aged 40 years and over. Women 50 to 74 years of age are particularly encouraged to attend. We now know that 1 in 8 women in NSW will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, so early detection is vital. We also know that 9 out of 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer have no known family history. Having a regular mammogram and being breast aware is important for women with a known family history of breast cancer, and women with no known history.
Click here to book an appointment or call 13 20 50.

Seeking mental health professionals to complete survey

This study - 'The decision-making preferences of clinicians in the detection of depression' - investigates how different signs of Major Depressive Disorder are weighted by clinicians in the assessment process. Diagnostic guidelines assume that diagnostic criteria are equally important and interchangeable. However, we contend that clinicians use clinical intuition and judgement to weight indicators differentially. This may improve diagnosis. We are interested in ascertaining how clinicians integrate clinical context and diagnostic criteria when making diagnostic decisions. The survey comprises 20 questions where you will make clinical decisions based on hypothetical case information and questions pertaining to professional background information. This will take approximately 15 minutes.
Click here for more information.

Exciting news for Sydney CBD regarding BreastScreen NSW

Women living and working in the CBD now have two locations to access free breast screening in the heart of Sydney. BreastScreen NSW will be providing free breast screening at:

David Jones Rose Clinic Elizabeth Street - Level 4, 86-108 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
Sydney BreastScreen Sydney Hospital – Nightingale Wing, Macquarie Street, Sydney

Women can book their free screening mammogram with BreastScreen NSW. The service is free every two years for all women aged 40 years and over. Women 50 to 74 years of age are particularly encouraged to attend. We now know that 1 in 8 women in NSW will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, so early detection is vital. We also know that 9 out of 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer have no known family history. Having a regular mammogram and being breast aware is important for women with a known family history of breast cancer, and women with no known history.
Click here to book an appointment or call 13 20 50.

Click here for more information.

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As of 17 July, we have updated our event registration process. Users can now register for events using two of the three identifiers - email address, mobile number or member number. This means that if you do not remember your member number, you can still register with the two other identifiers. You can also enter your mobile number to receive an SMS with your member number.

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Prince of Wales Private Medical Update- General Surgery

At: Prince of Wales Private Hospital
On: Wednesday 7 August 6.30 pm dinner, 7.00 pm presentations
For: GPs