LHD staff were recently invited to express interest in forming an End of Life Committee. The aim of the committee is to lead a strategic approach to: Providing excellent, compassionate care for people at the end of their life and their carers/families. Educating and empowering staff and the community around end of life There was
Northern NSW is a pioneering region for integrating care and that is an achievement we can all be proud of. The Ministry of Health asked the LHD to present at the Integrating Care Conference in early April on our local vision for Integrated Care. Catriona Wilson joined Integrated Care leads from across NSW, participating in
Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service is a community controlled health service located in Ballina, servicing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and their families from Ballina and surrounding communities including Cabbage Tree Island, Evans Head, Byron Bay, and Wollongbar. Bullinah provides comprehensive primary health care services to clients of all ages with a focus on Aboriginal
27 practices enrolled for Winter Strategy 2019 which is running for its third year. Patient registrations opened on 1 April 2019 with practices registering around 800 of their most vulnerable patients. The LHD will activate electronic Admission and Discharge Notifications (ADNs) for these patients. The LHD assisted GPs with their patient selection by providing patient hospitalisation data
The Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) recently invited members of the local community to participate in an evening of discussion around end of life care in our area. The evening was part of the Compassionate Communities movement locally led by Anna Law, End of Life Care Project Lead for the NNSWLHD. Compassionate Communities is
This year’s NAIDOC theme celebrated the essential role that women have played – and continue to play – as active and significant role models at the community, local, state and national levels. Under the theme – Because of Her, We Can! – NAIDOC Week 2018 was held nationally from Sunday 8 July and continue through
The Compassionate Community “Call to Action” group has met on 23 August at the Ballina Surf Club to further build the local Northern NSW Compassionate Community. Anna Law, End of Life Care Porject Lead invited the group to join her for the follow up discussion and planning leading on from the initial forum in July.
Sick Day Action Plans which are available on HealthPathways have received a format update. These plans are now available as fillable PDF forms. The new form can be downloaded and completed electronically with the patient. It can then be printed or saved to a computer. To do this save the completed PDF form, choose File
Clinicians from Jullums, Lismore’s Aboriginal Medical Service and the NNSWLHD Community Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol are meeting monthly to discuss mutual clients in an exciting new integrated care pilot. The “Health Partnership” is a first for the Northern Rivers and aims to trial an innovation that integrates primary and tertiary services for Aboriginal