A network for all Midwest-Gascoyne health professionals

Strategies to increase vaccination rates to reduce morbidity and mortality. A Professor Allan Cripps tribute. This event highlights Prof. Cripps’ key achievements and sheds light on the advancements in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal disease. Our expert panel will discuss pneumococcal disease, vaccine development, and the impact of vaccines on disease reduction in both adults and children. They also will discuss the different serotypes and their effects across age groups, provide insights into invasive pneumococcal disease, immunisation recommendations, and compare polysaccharide and conjugate vaccine types. The panel will review some valent options and the future pneumococcal immunisation program for...

In 2024, the HealthPathways WA team will run three demonstrations facilitated by a GP Clinical Editor. These sessions will demonstrate how to maximise integration of HealthPathways into your clinical practice. HealthPathways WA is a secure, free-to-access clinical support tool available to general practitioners (and other health professionals) in Western Australia. Condition-specific pathways summarise best practice for assessing, managing and referring patients across WA.    

The Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) and Decision Support Tool (DST) helps general practitioners and clinicians to recommend the most appropriate level of care for a person seeking mental health support. The IAR-DST is designed to assist the various parties involved in the assessment to determine the most appropriate care type and intensity for individuals. Service providers, intake teams and PHNs responsible for undertaking initial assessments which may involve making recommendations on the level of care required. Workshop agenda: Part 1 of the workshop runs for 30 minutes. The training topics will include: Introduction to the IAR and the development of...

There is a rising prevalence of syphilis in the general population. ASHM has developed the Could it be Syphilis?? resource to alert healthcare providers (particularly those in primary care, emergency medicine and homeless health services) to the syphilis epidemic and to reinforce when they should be testing for syphilis. This 60-minute session will provide a forum to discuss opportunistic testing in the general population based on clinical indicators and support healthcare providers from primary care, emergency medicine and homeless health services in treatment provision and contact tracing. The session will maintain a specific focus on congenital syphilis by highlighting screening recommendations...

In this webinar, we will hear from guest speaker Dr Wietske van der Velden-Schuijling who will be speaking about shared medical appointments in the healthy weight space. Dr. van der Velden-Schuijling believes in the importance of continuity of care for all groups, and combining preventative and curative care. She has dual fellowships in general practice and lifestyle medicine. We look forward to having you attend the event.