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June 30 2023
PHN Launches Frailty Early Intervention Program
In June 2023, the PHN launched an early intervention pilot program for General Practices to participate in a frailty screening program using the FRAIL Scale, a validated screening tool.
In June 2023, the PHN launched an early intervention pilot program for General Practices to participate in a frailty screening program using the FRAIL Scale, a validated screening tool.
With COVID-19 creating social isolation and increasing pressure on the social and emotional wellbeing of health professionals, a need was identified to provide support to retain staff within commissioned services and build stronger relationships with and between service providers.
In 2022, the PHN developed its 2022-2025 Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy. The strategy is critical to delivering the PHN’s community, workforce and cultural objectives and aligns to the PHN’s strategic purpose of “keeping people well in our communities through innovation, performance, collaboration and local engagement.”
A collaborative pilot project investigating a new model of care in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) is providing valuable insights into innovative ways to improve health care for residents.
As we work toward understanding how the Local Health Districts will implement VAD, we invite you to participate in a short survey.
Five leaders who have displayed outstanding dedication to providing quality primary care over the course of their career have been inducted into the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network Dedication to Service Hall of Fame.
A digital health platform delivering therapeutic support in remote areas, a first-of-its-kind rehabilitation centre for women, and a program providing support to separated fathers are among the recipients of the 2023 Primary Care Quality and Innovation Awards.
This summary provides you with the most important messages from the Public Health update held on 21 June.
Congratulations to Joanne Dean and Joanna Coutts whose Allied Health data and quality improvement (BEAP) project article was published in the June edition of Partyline, the National Rural Health Alliance online magazine.
From 1 July 2023, ODT medicines will become part of the Section 100 Highly Specialised Drugs (HSD) Program (Community Access) arrangements. This means ODT medicines will be dispensed in the same way as other community access Section 100 HSD Program medicines from section 90 approved community pharmacies, section 92 approved medical practitioners, and section 94 approved hospital authorities (public and private).