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the Beaconsfield Family Medical Practice Growing vegetables and social connection in truwana/Cape Barren Island’s greenhouse (Cape Barren Island Aboriginal Association Inc.) How Aboriginal health workers are making a difference on truwana (Department of Health) How people with chronic conditions are connecting through movement (Royal Flying Doctors Service) Get to know:…

came from working in the disability sector for some time, so I have that lens alongside my training in mental health-specific care,” Naomi says. Darren says besides the primary focus of acute mental health care, the service prioritises integrating services for a holistic wrap-around support system for participants. “Since Launceston…

that assist on our local citizens with preventing illness. “By embracing preventive health education the community has the ability to become self-determinate.” Anita Street – Northern Suburbs Medical Service, Launceston Maintaining CPD hours without access to the same face-to-face educational opportunities as practice nurses working in mainland Australia can be…

suggestions from local primary healthcare providers, the clinical group works closely with community groupTasman Voice for Health, which played an important role in securing the podiatry chair. “They’re a really good source of information for me about what the community needs,” Leeanne says. “They’re also a really good support for…

Teach-back is a simple conversational tool used to check client understanding. Using teach-back can help your clients self-manage their health and make informed decisions about their health care. Teach-back is not a test of the clients’ knowledge; it’s a test of how well you have communicated. Primary Health Tasmania commissioned…

assessment and testing levels to meet the needs of their patients. Support for this targeted group of practices will be a mix of: assessment of practices’ infrastructure, resource, training and mentoring needs guidance from a clinical consultant experienced in general practice-based COVID testing provision of testing processes and protocols training…