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The recommendation for timing of the pertussis vaccination during pregnancy has been updated. Further information can be found in the digital Australian Immunisation Handbook under the ‘What’s Changed’ section. This updated recommendation is also contained with the Influenza and p...
GPs are advised that from Wednesday 1 May 2019 the way that Children’s Health Queensland (CHQ) will accept referrals to the Queensland Children’s Hospital will change. From this date, Paediatric Statewide Referral Criteria (SRC) will be used to standardise referrals, triage and categorisation. T...
ABI SCI Connect is seeking expressions of interest for a general practitioner (GP) representative for the Spinal Cord Injury – Clinical Advisory Network (SCI-CAN). The role of the SCI-CAN is to provide high level clinical advice, expertise and leadership to guide the implementation of the state-wi...
Cancer Council is asking general practitioners (GPs) to throw their support behind a new national campaign launching today, following new research that shows they are a key source of information for patients eligible for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. The new national Cancer Council ca...
Gold Coast Health (GCH) has introduced a new hotline for general practitioners (GPs) to have access to information about their patients. The new service is available for GPs who require assistance to find results or information about appointments and recent admissions and who need support navigating...
Gold Coast Health (GCH) will no longer perform routine surveillance of colon polyps for patients older than 78 years. This decision is based on guidelines from the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and the Department of Health. Download the full procedure for more information. The intervals fo...
Paediatric Pearls from Gold Coast Health The vast majority of children referred for assessment of plagiocephaly have positional plagiocephaly (deformational plagiocephaly). Whilst the physical appearance can be alarming for parents it does not affect brain development and treatment is generally not ...
From 1 November 2018, a number of changes were made to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for respiratory function tests. These changes include spirometry and a new MBS item for spirometry has been introduced. Item 11505 attracts a $41.10 Medicare rebate for an office-based, pre/post broncho...
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet is a massive evidence-based free-to-access web resource providing up-to-date, relevant content to support the work of health practitioners and policy makers and has been providing this for over 21 years. It has been funded by the Australian Department of Hea...
Quick reference guides have been released to assist health and medical practitioners to quickly and effectively respond to clients and patients experiencing withdrawal from alcohol, cannabis, opioids, amphetamines and benzodiazepines. Each two-page resource summarises key information from Queensland...
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