Primary health and general practice

COVID-19 Vaccination HealthPathways sites 

Similar to the COVID-19 HealthPathways, access to COVID-19 Vaccination HealthPathway sites have been implemented collaboratively across the state to ensure...

Skin Integrity and Wound Care Award

This patient care regime, or the wound prevention/management program may have been initiated more recently in response to COVID-19. The...

North Queensland residents encouraged to be patient as COVID-19 vaccination rollout begins

Some, but not all general practices in North Queensland, have opted in to deliver COVID-19 vaccines for the next stage...

Go beyond with Practice to Practice

The RACGP has launched Practice to Practice, a pilot program that connects general practices in diverse geographical areas to grow...

CVIP – A new tool released by the ADHA to assist health providers connect to AIR without conformant software

This tool is recommended for vaccination providers who do not already have clinical software that reports to the AIR. This may include medical...

Lung Cancer Support Nurse

Lung Foundation Australia’s free Lung Cancer Support Nurse telephone service aims to bridge the gap in lung cancer care and...

Early use of touchscreens may affect school concentration

New research: https://theconversation.com/touchscreens-may-make-toddlers-more-distractible-new-three-year-study-154036   The three-year study looked at how often babies and toddlers used touchscreens and then measured their attention...

Heart Health Check Toolkit

The Heart Foundation is excited to announce the launch of our online Heart Health Check Toolkit. The new Heart Health...

Connecting carers to local support services

Wellways Australia provides Carer Gateway services throughout Queensland. Services include: Counselling Peer support  Planning and Practical Assistance Planned and Emergency...

Accessing the Australian Immunisation Register using PRODA 

These vaccination providers may include: medical practices pharmacies commercial organisations councils. Vaccination providers are required to first register for the...

Active Ingredient Prescribing update

This change came into effect on 1 February 2021 and was part of the government’s 2018–2019 Electronic Prescribing Budget initiative...

Transition to Practice Program opportunities available

The four key elements include: self-assessment framework, specifically designed to assist the transitioning nurses in identifying education gaps, and recording...

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