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Psychaitric Nurse Consultant - RPN5 Mental Health Services
Warrnambool VIC 3280
The Mental Health Services Division (MHSD) of South West Healthcare provides a recovery focussed, family oriented mental health service using innovative approaches to community based and client centred service delivery. Working closely with the families and carers of consumers, the Division provides extensive services across all age groups in south west Victoria. More....
Health news
Regular visits to a GP reduce risk of hospitalisation and death following heart attack
The important role GPs play in providing care for patients following heart attacks has been highlighted in a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare More...
Obesity intervention needed before pregnancy
New research from the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute supports the need for dietary and lifestyle interventions before overweight and obese women become pregnant. More...
Move It Aus Gives Seniors a Sporting Chance for Better Ageing
Sports Minister Bridget McKenzie and Senior Australians and Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt AM today launched the Move It Aus Better Ageing - a new $22.9 million grants program - to be managed by Sport Australia. More...
International Snakebite Awareness Day
University of Melbourne researchers were proud partners in the launch of International Snakebite Awareness Day on 19 September, which aims to raise awareness of the global scale of snakebite injuries and to highlight ways they can be prevented. More...
AMA Position Statement on Health and Care of Older People 2018
Elder abuse - physical, psychological, and financial abuse and neglect of older people - is likely to rise as Australia’s population ages, the AMA says in a new Position Statement. More...
New report: Melbourne Consortium gears up to fight the big bugs and the big diseases
Global Health Alliance is focused on shining a light on the better use of antibiotics and other antimicrobials. A forthcoming survey done in 300 Australian hospitals will show that the rationale for prescribing the antimicrobial is often not documented and one-third of prescriptions are not compliant with treatment guidelines. More...
Research: Improved head control for babies
Physiotherapist Liz Williams has created a fact sheet for new parents to help them avoid what she said could and should be an avoidable condition: plagiocephaly, or flat-headedness. More...
Radio programming: could it improve the lives of older Australians?
New research is being undertaken to better understand how and why older people listen to the radio, what they are listening to and how this might be related to their wellbeing.? More...