Partners in Health November 2020
Congratulations to our regional winners in RACGP awards
This year’s annual Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Queensland faculty awards has honoured multiple winners from the North Brisbane and Moreton Bay region.
The RACGP awards, announced in October, named Nundah Village Family Practice as Queensland General Practice of the Year and Dr Danielle James of Ashgrove Family Practice as GP Supervisor of the Year.
The awards recognise the value of GPs in the community and celebrate the achievements of exceptional individuals who go above and beyond to care for their patients.
Former mining blaster rocks new career in health
After leaving a lucrative career in the mining industry, one of Wide Bay’s newest Bachelor of Nursing students has taken out a top honour at the 2020 Queensland Training Awards.
Morgan Engstrom, now the Assistant Practice Manager at Branyan Clinic in Bundaberg, was named the regional Vocational Student of the Year at the awards, after completing a Certificate IV in Medical Assisting.
The former Gin Gin High School student said winning the award was further confirmation she had made the right decision to pursue a career in healthcare.
“I started working in the mining industry after finishing school and worked for three years in the drill and blast crew, before starting a degree in primary school teaching,” Ms Engstrom said.
Uncovering the impact of COVID-19
A new real time data monitoring system launched by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the National Mental Health Commission is helping to determine if the social and financial impacts of the pandemic have led to an increase in the rate of suicide throughout the country.
The National Suicide and Self-Harm Monitoring System and public website brings together the most comprehensive collation of data to date (including ambulance service data) for suicide deaths and self harm across the eight States and Territories into a single web-based interactive and integrated platform.
The public website includes interactive data visualisations and geospatial mapping to illustrate and explore the current statistics and data sets as well as text to assist with their interpretation.
Specialist dementia care units in Queensland
The Specialist Dementia Care Program funds specialist dementia care units in residential aged care homes.
The units provide specialised care to people with very severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia that aim to reduce or stabilise symptoms so that people can move into less intensive care settings.
The three Specialist Dementia Care Program units in Queensland all have vacancies and are ready to receive referrals. Referrals can be made from outside the PHN region where the unit is located. Generally, referrals nationally are coming from acute health settings, older persons’ mental health services and residential aged care.
