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ANEDGP - INTENT TO WIND UP

The Chairman of the ANEDGP Board has announced the intent of the Adelaide North East Division of General Practice to wind up post March 31, 2012.  A letter released last week is now available on our Medicare Local page.


Let the ANEDGP Help Desk guide the way!

lifeguard

The ANEDGP Help Desk is a referral triage and information service designed to assist local General Practices in making referrals to community based services. The Help Desk can assist you in referring patients to the most appropriate and convenient service available locally.
For more information visit our Chronic Disease Help Desk page.


IMPORTANT - Updated Mental Health Act - Detention and Treatment Orders are available to be downloaded from our website..... click here


NORTH EAST GENERAL NEWSLETTER

To catch up with all your divisions news, the summer edition is now available:

In this issue.......

♦ CAT Scenario

♦ GP Plus Practice Nurse Initiative

♦ Access 2 HomeCare

Summer edition available now


New Community Aged Care Access Point

New information you need to know about making referrals for Community Aged Care Services Ph: 1300 130 551 (free call number)

Access2HomeCare (A2HC) is a joint initiative of the Australian and South Australian Governments and part of a national network of community care Access Point demonstration projects across Australia.  A2HC has been created to help older people and their carers find their way through a complicated community care system.

For more information, visit the Government of South Australia’s Access2HomeCare website.


New Hepatitis C Nursing Support in your community

Clinical Practice Consultant  Hepatitis C

Ambulatory and Primary Health Care Directorate

 Three new nurses are available to support GPs to care for people with hepatitis C (HCV) in the Central, Eastern, Northern, Northeastern and Western areas.

These nurses are mobile and flexible and can visit your clinic to provide care and assistance as required, for more information.


Falls Prevention in SA Care Pathway Flow Chart

flow chart - falls prevention

This flow chart will help GP's identify and then care for patients that are at risk of falls.

A key part to this flow chart is the information on the referral process to be able to provide the care required to your patients, for more information


National Cultural Competency Tool (NCCT) for Mental Health Services

The NCCT resource pack is designed to enhance the capacity of Australia’s mental health workforce to work with people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.

It contains a set of National Cultural Competency Standards and a range of practical aids and strategies, including an organisational self-assessment checklist, to support organisations in enhancing their cultural competency.

Click here to find the latest tool for assessing your organisation's competency regarding mental health for multicultural groups.


“…And how are you, doctor…?”

When patients ask this question, we need to take heed. They have usually noticed something!

It is easy in a busy professional life to take our health for granted and assume that our minds and bodies will continue to deliver peak medical performance under all conditions.....

Doctors’ Health SA –our new health Program

The efforts over many years of local doctors and others interested in advancing doctors’ health has finally come to fruition with the establishment of our own profession-controlled, state-wide doctors’ health program,  Doctors’ Health SA.. read more

 
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