$400k for the expansion of successful community diabetes service at three new sites
Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) is funding Carrington Health and its partners Access Health and Community, EACH and Eastern Health to assist more than 1,000 local people manage their diabetes better.
The expansion of the Integrated Diabetes Education and Assessment Service (IDEAS) will see three new service sites opening for consumers in Eastern Melbourne. The new sites will open in August, September and October in East Ringwood, Doncaster East and Hawthorn respectively.
EMPHN CEO, Robin Whyte said diabetes remains the number one cause of avoidable hospitalisations across our catchment. "In the 2014-15 financial year, there were 18,290 avoidable diabetes related hospital admissions, taking up 123,261 hospital bed days," Ms Whyte said.
"The economic health cost to the community for these bed days is over $90 million. More accessible community services can help avoid these high hospital costs by providing people access to the right service, in the right place at the right time."
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EMPHN releases NDIS resources
Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) has developed a series of videos and an information booklet to help support clinicians and consumers in the transition of Partners in Recovery (PIR) to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
The transition of PIR to the NDIS will be occurring as each Local Government Area is transitioned into the NDIS. More information is available here.
These resources are available at the EMPHN website.
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ASHM seeking expressions of interest for Hepatitis C in Drug and Alcohol Settings Education Program
Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) is currently seeking expressions of interest from Melbourne based clinicians to participate in a Hepatitis C in Drug and Alcohol Settings Education Program, in Melbourne later this year.
This comprehensive course is for medical staff either working in a drug and alcohol settings or with people who inject drugs and has been designed to build participants’ knowledge, skills and confidence to prescribe the new hepatitis C DAAs (Direct Acting Antiviral medication).
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TBC 2017 – requesting EOI |
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8:30am - 4:30pm |
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TBC, metro Melbourne |
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Free – morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided |
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Face-to-face workshop and 2 hour pre-workshop online module |
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This activity has been approved by the RACGP QI&CPD Program for 40 Category 1 points |
This program is available for GPs, addiction medicine specialists, nurse practitioners and other clinicians able to prescribe. For further information see their website.
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New clinical practice guidelines
The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has recently published a series of Clinical practice guidelines covering:
The guidelines are all available as interactive PDFs, making them easy to navigate and giving mental health professionals quick access to the full list of clinical recommendations.
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Public Consultation Now Open: Draft Perinatal Mental Health Guideline
The Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE) is pleased to announce the release of this Draft Perinatal Mental Health Guideline, which is now open for public consultation (June 5-July 4, 2017).
Funded by the Commonwealth Government of Australia, this provides a review and expansion of the previous (2011) Guideline developed by beyondblue.
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The scope of the new draft Guideline now includes approaches to assessment of psychosocial risk and high prevalence disorder symptoms (depression and anxiety), as well as the treatment and management of the following mental health conditions:
- Perinatal depression
- Perinatal anxiety
- Postpartum psychosis
- Bipolar disorder
- Schizophrenia (new)
- Borderline personality disorder (new)
The new Guideline serves to provide health professionals with the latest evidence to guide best practice in assessment and management of perinatal mental health across the range of primary, maternity, postnatal and mental health settings.
To find out more, download a copy of the Draft Guideline, Technical Report and/or make a submission click here.
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