National Immunisation Program update 2022 (webinar held 22 March 2022)

This session was facilitated by Dr Peter Eizenberg. It clarified co-administration of COVID-19, influenza and other NIP vaccinations. We also addressed respiratory syncytial virus disease and prevention.

Needs rounds in residential aged care facilities

Explainer video produced by the North and West Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium. Monthly palliative care reviews rounds of deteriorating residents are conducted by palliative care specialists with residential aged care facility (RACF) staff. This supports palliative care planning and provides RACFs with resident triage and case based education.

Handover to residential aged care facilities – explainer video

A guide to supporting effective communication for residents with complex, chronic health care needs between the acute setting and residential aged care.

Getting to know congenital syphilis in general practice

Sexual health is critical to the good health and wellbeing of patients, and so needs to be included in everyday primary health care practice. With a little training, GPs and nurses can manage it well.

Congenital syphilis: responding to the Victorian Chief Health Officer Alert

Victoria continues to experience an upsurge in syphilis in 2022. Sexual health is critical to the good health and wellbeing of patients, and so needs to be included in everyday primary health care practice. With a little training, GPs and nurses can manage it well.

Getting to know gonorrhoea in general practice

Sexual health is critical to the good health and wellbeing of patients, and so needs to be included in everyday primary health care practice. With a little training, GPs and nurses can manage it well.

Getting to know chlamydia and Mycoplasma genitalium in general practice

Sexual health is critical to the good health and wellbeing of patients, and so needs to be included in everyday primary health care practice. With a little training, GPs and nurses can manage it well.

COVID-19 and influenza vaccination: Q&A for aged care (9 March 2022)

Christine Ferlazzo (project manager of the vaccine preventable conditions unit at North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network) hosted this Q&A session with Dr Wendy Bamberg (an epidemiologist and public health doctor with the Western Public Health Unit).

Head to Health email signatures

Whether you’re trying to improve your own sense of wellbeing, looking for help with something that’s bothering you, or helping someone you care about, Head to Health is a good place to start. Visit headtohealth.gov.au for more information.

Perinatal depression and anxiety: what’s new in clinical practice? (webinar 24 November 2021)

This webinar was held in partnership with the Parent-Infant Research Institute. It aimed to increase participants understanding of specialised approaches to managing depression and anxiety in the perinatal period. The focus was on diagnosis, risk assessment and management, and psychological approaches to treatment, including evidence-based online cognitive-behavioural therapy (the MumMoodBooster program) and how this can … Continued