The Northern NSW Compassionate Communities group, lead by Anna Law, End of Life Care Project Lead for the LHD planned a stall in Ballina to help the community consider their future medical care and understand the importance of advance care planning. The stall was set up in Ballina Fair in April as part of National
Accesing HealthPathways on your LHD PC Did you know that there are number of ways that Health Professionals can access HealthPathways? Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Simply click on the NNSW Clinical Links and get direct access to HealthPathways Desktop Icon – A blue and green ‘H’ Icon is located on desktops located within LHD sites.
Clarence Valley Opioid Treatment Service (Drug & Alcohol) is stepping boldly into a process of Clinical Redesign. The small specialist team want to do things differently to meet growing demand by Improving access and time to treatment Connect to the whole health sector in a coordinated way Provide the type of care patients want to
Speciliast Respiratory Clinicians met in Lismore to participate in the Respiratory Education Day. The annual event allows staff from across the LHD to get to know each other face to face and to learn about new techniques and care practices. The staff, many of whom travel great distances to attend are supported by their managers
In the lead up to Winter the LHD has been sharing patient data with local GPs to support the Winter Strategy for 2019. The data contains information on admissions for patients whose GPs are enrolled in the Winter Strategy. The information was shared by the LHD via a new secure file sharing tool developed by
NSW Health has always supported the Northern NSW Integrated Care partnership to implement innovative, locally led models of Integrated Care. This support has allowed LHDs across the state to trial new ways of working to deliver care and address the needs of the community. NSW Health is now working with LHDs to scale up effective
In March new pulmonary function testing equipment arrived at Lismore Base Hospital (LBH). This welcome addition of a MasterScreen/SentrySuite® unit will enable LBH to offer full range of lung function testing including FeNO. Simon Fokes is running the pulmonary function laboratory undertaking pulmonary function testing. Simon is an Exercise Physiologist and recently received training through
The Northern NSW Integrated Care partnership (NNSWIC) has always been supported by NSW Health in trialling new ways of working to deliver care and addressing the needs of our community. NSW Health is now working with NNSWIC and others across the state to scale up effective care initiatives making care more widely available. Across NSW,
The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Drive team participated in a Co-Designing session with patients and staff in Lismore. Patients and staff of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program were invited to participate. The session helped to determine where the patients’ priorities aligned with the priorities of the Drive Team. The results of an audit and process