Under the Microscope: Quality Improvement in Primary Care (QIPC)

Under the Microscope: Quality Improvement in Primary Care (QIPC)

Digital information can transform the quality and sustainability of health and care. Used effectively, it can help save lives, improve...
09 February 2021

Mental Health Quick Bytes: Portals to Care

Welcome to the first of our regular columns by Dr Jan Orman from the Black Dog Institute providing reliable evidence-based...
09 February 2021

Annual immunisation data now available for 2020

The Department of Health has released the annual immunisation data for 2020 by PHN region. The results highlight South Western...
09 February 2021

Department of Health plans for vaccine roll-out in Australia

The Australian Government has a strategy to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to everyone living in Australia as soon as they are...
02 February 2021

Update on infection control breaches at Medsound Diagnostic Imaging

In November, SWSPHN distributed an email to general practices across South Western Sydney on behalf of Healthcare Complaints Commission and...
01 February 2021

GP Profile – Dr Taleitha Atkins

The relationships with her patients and other health professionals in the area makes working in Moss Vale extra special for...
01 February 2021

Bat bites and scratches – what to do?

The South Western Sydney Public Health Unit would like to remind GPs to always consider the risk of Australian Bat...
25 January 2021

NSW Health has updated advice for RACFs and Home Care Services

NSW Health has provided the following advice in relation to Residential Aged Care Facilities and Home Care Services. As of...
12 January 2021

Timely reminder of why ‘one case matters’

Given the recent COVID-19 outbreak on the Northern Beaches, the RACGP’s presentation to our most recent CPD webinar on infection...
22 December 2020

New group forms to encourage community to ‘rethink addiction’

Rethink Addiction is an independent group of like-minded organisations which has been formed to educate and advocate for the need to...
12 December 2020