Northern Queensland Primary Health Network

📣NQPHN NEWSLETTER - OUT NOW! 📣 | Check out the latest edition of Northern Queensland Primary Health Network's NQ Primary Health Update newsletter. Issue 206 includes the latest news, events, funding opportunities, jobs, and key health information. Read issue 206 here >> https://lnkd.in/grb7Vrae

✨ OUR REGION, OUR PEOPLE: MEET TASMYN AND GRACE ✨ | Moranbah registered nurse (RN) Tasmyn Van Leeuwen, from the Oaktree Family Medical Centre, is passionate about nursing in general practice. It’s the reason she accepted a sponsorship, funded by Northern Queensland PHN, for a Graduate Certificate (Primary Healthcare) at QUT (Queensland University of Technology). NQPHN in partnership with QUT, recently funded nine scholarships for a Master of Nurse Practitioner or Graduate Certificate (Primary Healthcare) for primary care nurses from Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Collinsville, and Moranbah. Collinsville Family Practice RN Grace Paulson also received a scholarship to study a graduate Certificate (Primary Healthcare) at QUT. READ MORE 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/geXgGBFd

⚕️ WORLD HEPATITIS DAY ⚕️ | Viral hepatitis is one of the leading causes of liver cancer in Australia. However, both hepatitis B and C are preventable and treatable, and in the case of hepatitis C – curable. Healthcare professionals play a central role in the mission to achieving viral hepatitis elimination by 2030. This #WorldHepatitisDay, access ASHM’s library of free, comprehensive #hepatitis resources - designed to support healthcare professionals in effectively and confidently managing viral hepatitis. 👉 Browse resources at: https://lnkd.in/gPghkKPf

💻🟢 MYMEDICARE WEBINAR FOR AGED CARE PROVIDERS 🟢💻 | Residential aged care homes (RACHs), aged care providers, residents, and their families and carers are invited to register for a webinar that will outline how the new General Practice in Aged Care Incentive aims to improve access to general practice care and the benefits for aged care providers and residents. Speakers include: 🟢 Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) Chief Executive Officer Craig Gear 🟢 Department of Health and Aged Care, Primary Care Division, First Assistant Secretary Mark Roddam 🟢 Department of Health and Aged Care, Primary Care Delivery Branch, Acting Assistant Secretary Clare Sullivan 🟢 Prestantia Health Specialist Dr Paresh Dawda The details: 📅 Tuesday 6 August ⏲ 2pm – 3pm (AEST) 💻 Online 👉🏽 Register here https://bit.ly/3Sqn4Jj

📣💻 WEBINAR: RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE TELEHEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM 💻📣 | Primary Health Networks have commissioned the development of an online Residential Aged Care Telehealth Training Program. This national program is for aged care staff and clinicians who provide telehealth into residential aged care. We invite primary healthcare professionals working in aged care to attend the online launch to learn how you can access the FREE training program for your organisation. You will receive a link to the online webinar on completion of registration. 𝕎𝕖𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 📅 Wednesday 31 July 2024 🕑 2pm - 3pm 📍 Online 🔗 To learn more and register, visit https://lnkd.in/gw826yfC

📲🟧 LET GOSHARE DO THE WORK FOR YOU 🟧📲 | Healthily GoShare Voice is a groundbreaking solution that revolutionises patient education and support through advanced conversational Voice AI technology. This innovation enables automated outbound phone calls with patients to provide relevant health information and support. This mini-quality improvement activity is designed to help you easily identify eligible patients for MyMedicare registration and prepare your practice for changes to Chronic Conditions Management MBS item numbers that will occur in November 2024. We are offering free access to GoShare technology, giving your practice a head start on the MyMedicare patient registration process. 👉To read more information or to register click here: https://shorturl.at/uCHV6

💜🙌 CARE FINDERS CONNECT 🙌💜 | Thirty care finders, managers, and service providers from across northern Queensland came together recently for a one-day Care Finder Workshop and Community of Practice (CoP) meeting held in Cairns recently. The professional development event provided a valuable platform for attendees from Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, and the Tablelands region to connect and build relationships to unify the care finder network. The care finder program is a Commonwealth Government initiative managed by Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) with the aim of establishing a group of “care finders” to support vulnerable older persons by connecting them to appropriate services and care. Care finders help older persons get the assistance they need. READ MORE 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/gX5fXvDf

Do you deliver health care services in the Cairns region? Are you working in or with community health care providers? Join us for a stakeholder consultation dinner to share your important insights and to learn more about our Joint Regional Needs Assessment (JRNA). What you'll hear from us: ➡ a project update ➡ key project data insights ➡ qualitative feedback gathered to date via our survey and engagement with community. ➡ We will then open the floor for a Q&A session. 📅 Thursday 1 August 📍 Double Tree by Hilton 🕒 5.45pm - 8pm RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gAG64w6Y

📣 GENERAL PRACTICE ESSENTIAL SKILLS ROAD SHOW RETURNS IN 2024 📣 | Registrations are now open for Northern Queensland Primary Health Network’s 2024 Essential Skills Regional Road Show for general practice, with in-person workshops held in Mackay, Townsville, and Cairns, and a bonus online session, throughout August and September. Don’t miss the valuable insights of specialists in the field, with presentations tailored to practice managers, owners, and reception staff working within general practice. Following on from the highly successful workshops held in 2023, this year’s line-up will focus on leadership and self-care and welcomes guest speakers from AGPAL - Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited and AccessEAP. Topics will include Business Management, Constructive Conversations for Leaders, Applying Emotional Intelligence at Work, and Self-care to Prevent Burnout and Fatigue. As a bonus, this year’s Road Show will kick off with a 90-minute online POPGUNS patient triage education workshop session, presented by MediCoach, focusing on the essential elements of a robust triage system, accreditation standards, and valuable tools and strategies. 🔗 Learn more about the 2024 Essential Skills Road Show and sessions at https://lnkd.in/giXFzknS

Have your say on healthcare! We want to learn more about the health and wellbeing of people living and working in our region. Share your insights and help to identify the health needs and gaps in services experienced in your community. The survey will help us to: - learn about the health conditions impacting people living and working in our region to improve healthcare resourcing and service delivery - improve access to good health care in our communities. Take the survey here: https://lnkd.in/gjhsMJnS The survey has been extended and now closes 16 August 2024. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/g2WrWYzF Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service Townsville Hospital and Health Service Mackay Hospital and Health Service