10 Dec 2024
Provider Connect Australia: simplify your workflow and improve data accuracy
SWSPHN is working with the Australian Digital Health Agency’s initiative, Provider Connect Australia (PCA), to improve data accuracy and support better digital health connections across Australia.
10 Dec 2024
How to support CALD survivors of sexual violence: free resources for health professionals
Health professionals play a key role in supporting people who disclose experiences of sexual violence, and for those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, disclosure can be especially challenging due to factors like cultural stigma, language barriers or fears about immigration status
10 Dec 2024
GP Living 101: practical workshops for health professionals in 2025
The GP Living 101 series of workshops for GPs, practice nurses, and managers has returned bigger and better for 2025 with a broader curriculum of non-clinical topics shaped by your feedback.
10 Dec 2024
Clinical Suicide Prevention Service now open for referrals
Two new service providers are now delivering South Western Sydney PHN’s Clinical Suicide Prevention Service.
09 Dec 2024
Updates to requirements and guidance for labels of injectable medicines
Changes to TGO 91 for injectable electrolyte medicines
09 Dec 2024
Fairfield City Health Alliance reports on successful 2024
The Fairfield City Health Alliance has released its 2024 Progress Report.
09 Dec 2024
Spotlight falls on ‘forgotten people’ of mental health care
New analysis highlights huge life expectancy gaps for those with severe mental illness – and suggests a funding shortfall of around $8 billion.
09 Dec 2024
AHPRA cuts fees for practitioners taking parental leave
GPs who have taken six months of parental, disability, or carer’s leave can soon apply for a 30% rebate on their annual registration.
09 Dec 2024
DoHAC details vitamin B12 testing changes
The Department has further revealed what will change when it amends vitamin B12 testing and urine examination MBS items next year.
09 Dec 2024
Media Release: NACCHO Welcomes the First Nations Health Care in Prisons National Review
NACCHO, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, welcomes the publication of the National Review of First Nations Health Care in Prisons, conducted by the Nous Consortium. This landmark report sheds light on the inequities in health and well-being experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in places of detention and outlines vital recommendations for transformative change.