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Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation is celebrating National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week 2019 from November 11-17. The National Cervical Cancer Screening Program offers screening to most…

Australia is on track to become the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. The National Cervical Cancer Screening Program offers…

HammondCare Short Term Restorative Care (STRC) programmes are designed to support older people who are living at home to provide preventative therapy and reverse functional…

This e-learning activity from NCIRS (National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance) is designed to help you adapt your clinical communication skills to meet the…

Fact sheets are available in English and 15 languages as well as one for Aboriginal people.   Find out more here.

The following information is from Health Protection NSW – view PDF here  Measles continues to be imported by travellers from many countries, including New Zealand….

The following information is from Health Protection NSW (Communicable Diseases Branch) – view PDF here (PDF published 3rd Oct 2019) Information for primary health care…

NSW Health has asked clinicians to be alert for possible cases of severe vaping-associated respiratory disease in NSW. PHU initial case reporting form here US…

Person-centred care may well be the future of general practice in Australia, and it’s here now in Sydney’s North. A person-centred care model combines the…

Once people turn 50 their risk of being diagnosed with bowel cancer increases significantly, as new data from the Cancer Institute NSW show. “In your 50s you…

eviQ have developed four new fact sheets specifically for GPs on immunotherapy, molecular targeted therapy, IV chemotherapy and oral chemotherapy and how GPs may assist…

The Cervical Screening Program Clinical Advisory Group has collated the most frequent questions asked by health care providers since the changes to the Cervical Screening…

Situation update NSW Health has declared an early start to the influenza season after detecting a steep rise in influenza activity. This comes on top…

Stopping the flu saves lives. Find out why getting your shot is good for you and for others. April–June is a good time to get…

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There are a number of groups in our community for whom the flu vaccination is provided free by the Commonwealth and State Government. All people…

A high risk of measles continues in NSW and our region. Infants can now receive MMR from 6 months of age if travelling or exposed to…

NSW has had unusually high influenza activity over the summer and it has remained high in March, with over 6400 cases notified so far this…

Northern Sydney Local Health District has developed two resources for patients with diabetes who require surgery or bowel prep. Both of these are available on…

New resources are available for parents, students and health care providers to support uptake of the HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine in school-based immunisation programs during the…