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GCPHN position – local fuel supply

Dear colleagues, I am writing to acknowledge the current period of global economic uncertainty and the emerging impacts this is having locally, including rising fuel costs and broader cost of living pressures. We are aware that global events are contributing to volatility in fuel prices and supply, ...

Beyond mental health care plans: remembering social determinants in suicide prevention

Earlier this year I met a woman in her fifties facing depression, fleeting suicidal thoughts, and a storm of social pressures. She had unstable housing, a painful separation, long term unemployment, and a return to heavy drinking as she tried to cope. She wanted help, had hope for recovery, and was ...

Advance care planning choices

“A document that speaks in the silence” Paul has always been a morning person. At 71, the retired engineer enjoys jazz music, family life, and looking after his grandchildren. Married to Heather for nearly 50 years, he never imagined that an ordinary event would change everything. On 24 ...

Early referrals can be life changing: juvenile arthritis

Juvenile Arthritis Week is a time to recognise the courage and resilience of Australian children, young people and families who deal with the challenges of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and other childhood rheumatic diseases as part of their lives. What is juvenile arthritis? Juvenile arthritis, cor...

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