Northern Queensland region

Seeking Australians aged 50 and older for feedback to improve research on health ageing

The Healthy Ageing Quiz is a user-friendly self-assessment tool that helps Australians aged 50 and older to increase their awareness...

Autism Connect — national autism helpline

Autism Connect is now available across every state and territory in Australia, providing evidence-based advice and information on autism. This...

Changes to QLD Criminal Code – Child Sexual Offences

The two new offences (Criminal Code, Chapter 22 – Offences against morality) include: ss. 229BB – Failure to protect a...

End-of-Life Essentials education assists with accreditation

The End-of-Life Essentials (EOLE) Project provides free evidence-based online education for health professionals to assist in improving end-of-life care. EOLE...

Child sexual abuse: therapy rates and factors affecting use

The Rates of therapy use following a disclosure of child sexual abuse paper looks at the utilisation of therapy for child sexual...

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

2020 saw the complete age expansion of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) to include all Medicare registered people...

ePIP and shared health summary uploads

All ePIP registered practices are required to upload SHSs for a minimum of 0.5% of the practice’s standardised whole patient equivalent...

Get smart about liver health this July!

Anyone can get liver disease – in fact 1 in 5 Australians have fatty liver disease and most people don’t...

Supporting people who experienced sexual abuse as a child in an institution

The National Redress Scheme can provide you with safe and respectful support and information provided by a culturally competent workforce....

Reforms to Closing the Gap PBS Co-payment program

Some of the changes being implemented from 1 July 2021 are: any PBS prescriber can register eligible Aboriginal and/or Torres...

More than 1,200 aged care residents and staff receive COVID-19 vaccine during FNQ blitz

Supported by Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN), five vaccination teams from in-reach Commonwealth Government vaccination workforce Healthcare Australia (HCA)...

Indigenous youth art competition launched across North Queensland

Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) has today launched the NQPHN Indigenous Youth Art Competition 2021 with the theme of...

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