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Australian Teletrial Program webinar: A radical innovation for regional, rural and remote medicine
21 Mar 2025
Featured Post
General Practice
Join Dr Norman Swan and a panel of experts for a dive into the Australian Teletrial Program (ATP) and how it aims to help tackle geographical health inequity. This free webinar is RACGP and ACRRM accredited.
Cyclone Alfred: Primary healthcare update 2
07 Mar 2025
Community health
General Practice
Allied health
Read our latest update for primary health care providers in our region. This information is current as of Tuesday 11 March 2025.
Cyclone Alfred: Advice for healthcare providers in the Brisbane South PHN region
03 Mar 2025
Community health
General Practice
Allied health
Primary health care providers are urged to prepare for Cyclone Alfred. Find links to essential information and disaster preparedness resources for primary health care providers in the full article.
Queensland Health Open Hospitals website lets you view real-time hospital emergency department waiting times
19 Feb 2025
Community health
General Practice
Queensland Health launches the Open Hospitals website to provide Queenslanders with easy online access to real-time emergency department wait times. Read on to learn more.
Name change: Satellite hospitals become satellite health centres
06 Feb 2025
General Practice
Community health
Allied health
After consultation with health experts, satellite hospitals have been renamed satellite health centres. These centres continue to deliver minor injury and illness care and outpatient services.
$10,000 Community Health Literacy Grants – Applications now open!
30 Jan 2025
PHN news
Community health
Brisbane South PHN is administering health literacy grants to assist communities to determine and lead responses that will support the navigation of local health services for community members.
Community grant opportunities now available – Help support victim-survivors of family and domestic violence
27 Jan 2025
Community health
PHN news
Grants of up to $20,000 are available for Queensland community-based organisations that assist victim-survivors of family and domestic violence. Read on to learn about grant eligibility and the application process.
New Redlands Medicare Mental Health Centre is now open
24 Jan 2025
General Practice
Community health
Allied health
PHN news
The Redlands Medicare Mental Health Centre is now open and providing free, walk-in mental health care in the Redlands and Raby Bay area. Read on to learn more about the centre, its location and opening hours.
Health alert: Heatwave conditions for our region this January 2025
22 Jan 2025
Allied health
General Practice
Community health
From 22 January heatwave conditions are commencing across South East Queensland with low intensity heatwave conditions expected to continue into next week. Access the resources to prepare your practice and patients.
Brisbane’s new Find Care Fast website — helping consumers navigate healthcare service options
10 Dec 2024
General Practice
PHN news
Allied health
Community health
The new FindCareFast website helps patients navigate a range of available healthcare options. Read on to see how FindCareFast can help your patients find the right care, at the right time, at the right place.
Queensland Health invites GPs to have a say on a new name for satellite hospitals
13 Nov 2024
General Practice
Community health
General practitioners are invited to have their say on renaming the state’s 7 satellite hospitals to ensure the role they play within the broader healthcare network in Queensland is better understood for all.
Health alert for Melioidosis
26 Aug 2024
General Practice
Community health
Metro South Health wishes to advise primary healthcare providers be alert after a diagnosed case of melioidosis in the southern Logan-Beaudesert area. Read more about presentation and preventative advice.
New national resources supporting quality end-of-life care at home
05 Aug 2024
Community health
National Palliative Care Project, caring@home, has launched new resources to support the provision of quality end-of-life care for people who choose to be cared for at home.
Partnerships for culturally safe cancer care grant program: Applications now open
30 Jul 2024
Community health
The Partnerships for culturally safe cancer care grant program aims to improve access to treatment and culturally safe cancer care. Read more about eligibility and how to apply.
Raising Healthy Minds app: A free tool to support parents to enhance the mental health of their children
17 Jul 2024
Community health
The free Raising Healthy Minds app can help parents and carers to enhance the mental health of children aged zero to 12 years. Learn more about the app.
Public health alert: Mpox (previously called monkeypox)
03 Jul 2024
Community health
General Practice
Cases of mpox have been recorded in our region in June 2024. Read more about mpox symptoms and vaccination recommendations.
Mater's Multicultural Health Coordination Program secures funding to continue
01 Jul 2024
General Practice
Community health
The Multicultural Health Coordination Program (MHCP) supports people from multicultural backgrounds who have complex health and wellbeing needs. Read more about the Program and available referral pathways.
NAIDOC Week 2024: Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud
27 Jun 2024
Community health
NAIDOC Week 2014 runs from Sunday 7 to Sunday 14 July. Read on to learn about how we can all be part of celebrating First Nations history and culture.
Head to Health Centres to rebrand as Medicare Mental Health Centres
13 Jun 2024
General Practice
Community health
Medicare Mental Health Centres, formerly known as Head to Health centres, continue to provide free mental health services. Learn more about the name change.
Nominate for the Stronger Medicare Awards
03 Jun 2024
Community health
Recognise and celebrate a primary care professional, team or practice by nominating them for the Stronger Medicare Award. Nominations close Sunday 30 June 2024.
National Reconciliation Week 2024
27 May 2024
Community health
This week is the time for all Australians to foster a deeper appreciation of our First Nations cultures and histories and reflect on the collective journey towards a more reconciled Australia.
New! Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital opens 27 May 2024
21 May 2024
General Practice
Community health
The new Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital opens it doors to patients on Monday 27 May 2024. Services include a Minor Illness and Injury Clinic, open 7 Days a week for walk-in treatment of urgent conditions.
Share your feedback: Help to improve LGBTIQA+ health access and equity
21 May 2024
Community health
Queensland Council for LGBTI Health is running consultations for health workers and consumers to share their thoughts and experiences in a safe and secure setting. Sign up for a consultation near you.
Your input can shape the future of dental health: Statewide Oral Health Services Plan 2024-32
07 May 2024
Allied health
Community health
General Practice
Queensland Health invites you to provide feedback and share your suggestions for long-term actions you see as critical to progressing and implementing the Statewide Oral Health Services Plan 2024-32.
Care finder program for older people at risk of falling through services
23 Apr 2024
Community health
The Care finders Program aims to support people who don’t have family members, friends, a carer or a representative to help them access aged care services and supports. Read more to learn about the Program.
The Health Needs Assessment survey has been extended! Participate now to have your say on healthcare
22 Apr 2024
Community health
PHN news
Our Health Needs Assessment survey has been extended to Monday 6 May 2024. We invite health practitioners to participate in the survey. By sharing your insights, you contribute to improving healthcare in our region.