Friday 30 October 2020

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This update includes:

FOR ACTION

• NAIDOC Week Celebrations

FOR INFORMATION

• Changes to Mental Health MBS (Better Access) Initiative
• Department of Social and Community Services wage cessation
• National headspace Day 2020
• Mental Health Budget Summary 2020-21
• COVID-19 Update

Monday 31 August

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This update includes:

FOR ACTION

• Business continuity planning
• Advise GCPHN of any planned RU OK? Day and World Suicide Prevention events
• Feedback on Suicide Prevention Referrals Pathway Project

FOR INFORMATION

• COVID-19 Gold Coast and Queensland contract tracing alert
• Public health directions extend to the Gold Coast
• Updated PPE guidance for healthcare workers
• Entering Queensland for essential health care
• Increased access to testing options
• Translated COVID-19 resources
• Extension – health professionals National Disability Advisory Service

Thursday 20 August

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This update includes information:

• For action:  
  • QCMHL Suicide Prevention Training pilot
  • Seeking EOIs for Joint Regional Plan Strategic Oversight Committee
• For information 
  • Expansion of Better Access for areas impacted by second wave of COVID-19
  • Thank you for attending the Joint Regional Plan launch
  • headspace upper Coomera launch
  • Border restrictions and patients from Northern NSW
  • P2/N95 masks: ‘fit-testing’ vs ‘fit-checking’

Wednesday 29 July

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This update includes information on:

For action: 

• Ensure Business Continuity Plans in place for potential local COVID-19 outbreaks
• Feedback on the universal referral form and referral processes with PCCS

For information 

• You are invited to the Joint Regional Plan virtual launch on 4 August
• PHNs to receive time-limited funding to respond to mental health impacts of COVID-19
• Mental health support available for health workers during COVID-19 pandemic

Thursday 16 July 

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This update includes information on:

• For action: GCPHN’s ongoing engagement with providers
• COVID-19 Gold Coast pop-up testing clinics to help keep residents safe
• COVID-19 Community Organisation Hardship Grant available
• Seeking Expressions of Interest for GCPHN’s Community Advisory Council
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – update and resources
• Australian Psychological Society resources available for supporting people living in RACFs
• Delivering care to people with disability during COVID-19
• Survey opportunity – Measuring the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with an eating disorder in Australia.

Wednesday 17 June

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This update includes information on:

• Service update
  • The Way Back Support Service and LOTUS Suicide Prevention Program
  • New Local Service providers have commenced delivery of New Access services
• Funding boost for headspace Southport
• Meetings and Events in the GCPHN office
• Importance of COVID-19 Testing
• Beyond Blue resource: Financial impact of being out of work
• Upcoming webinars

Wednesday 3 June

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This update includes information on:

• COVID-19 Gold Coast testing options poster available
• NBN upgrades for telehealth providers
• Summary of GCPHN funded services resource now available
• Planning for COVID SAFE working arrangements
• Gayaa Dhuwi resources – staying healthy and strong during the Coronavirus outbreak
• Survey: Impact of COVID-19 on mental health care
• Coronavirus mental wellbeing support service

Wednesday 20 May 

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This update includes information on: 

• New mental health support service for Administration Staff of Commissioned Services
• Service Update – New Access Coaching Program
• Masks available for distribution
• Service Update – Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehabilitation support
• Workshop for local providers: Telehealth- Delivering Quality Mental Health Support
• Upcoming webinar- supporting health care workers during COVID-19

Monday 11 May 

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This update includes information on: 

• Support for frontline health workers- The Essential Network (TEN)
• New Virtual Peer Support Service – eFriend
• Save the Date- 25 May virtual workshop for local providers
• Second Gold Coast respiratory clinic now open on the Gold Coast
• Updated Mental Health Stepped Care Services Referral Form
• Privacy checklist for Telehealth services
• Access to PPE
• Update for Queensland Disability sector (including NDIS providers)

Thursday 23 April 

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This update includes information on:

• For action – Advise GCPHN of any PPE concerns
• National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards- last chance to have your say
• New headspace for Upper Coomera to provide additional mental health support to young people starting in July
• First Gold Coast respiratory clinic is now open
• AHPRA telehealth guidance for practitioners
• AOD and COVID-19 resources
• Coronavirus information for people with disability

Thursday 16 April

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This update includes information on: 

• The importance of looking after existing health conditions
• Queensland Health COVID-19 Grant Fund
• Expanded access to Psychological Services Program (PSP) in response to COVID-19
• A brief guide to using telehealth to deliver mental health services
• Free Coronavirus Wellbeing Support Service
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Queensland Health guidelines
• COVID-19 Support from Domestic Violence Prevention Centre

Wednesday 8 April, 2020

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This update includes information on: 

• Practical implications of a team member testing positive for COVID-19
• ‘Don’t Bring it home’ resource for health professionals
• Telehealth considerations- indemnity insurance
• Free accredited online learning modules for e-mental health
• Eating Disorders and COVID-19
• Alcohol and Other Drugs Services update
• COVID-19 Psychological Services in RACFs for residents
• Delivery of perinatal and infant mental services in time of COVID-19

Wednesday 1 April, 2020

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This update includes information on: 

• #InThisTogether
• GCPHN Business Continuity
• How GCPHN is supporting the health system to respond to COVID-19
• New COVID-19 Telehealth MBS items
• COVID-19 Telehealth Webinar on 2 April hosted by Black Dog Institute
• New Access services during COVID-19
• Resource and Guidance on maintaining good mental health during COVID-19
• Continued Support for Psychosocial Clients

Friday 27 March, 2020

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This update includes information on: 

• Expansion of telehealth services
• COVID-19 infection control online training
• Cash flow assistance for businesses
• Economic support available for individuals and households
• Queensland Border Closures
• Gold Coast Health Outpatient Changes