What a pleasure it was to meet Eleanor (Ella) Warwick recently. Ella is a John Flynn Scholarship medical student – 2nd year University of Newcastle. The John Flynn Scholarship two week placement occurs each year from 1st – 4th year and is designed to promote familiarity with students returning to the same practice location each year.

Wagga Wagga, 27–29 September 2017

MPHN is proud to be a major sponsor of the Congress. The theme for 2017, Our Future – World Class Rural Health, will explore excellence in rural health services and research.

MPHN recently invited Murrumbidgee community pharmacies and local health advisory committees (LHACs) to apply for funding to increase community participation in state and national bowel, breast and cervical screening programs. 

Murrumbidgee PHN was recently successful in reserving nine places for general practitioners from the Murrumbidgee region to attend the EMST workshop, which is being run in Wagga Wagga by the College of Surgeons in November this year. 

Bowel, breast, and cervical screening rates in the Murrumbidgee and indeed Australia fall well below other developed nations and national targets.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) welcomed health-related announcements made in last night’s budget by Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison.

The Murrumbidgee Lifestyle and Weight Management Program has been co-designed by a local allied health provider, LiveBetter (formerly CareWest), eight general practices and MPHN. The program is based on current clinical practice guidelines for management of overweight and obesity in adults, adolescents, and children in Australia.

MPHN and Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) hosted the 10th Local Health Advisory Committee (LHAC) Forum in Narrandera 6 and 7 April 2017. LHACs provide an important link between health provider organisations and the community.

Healthy Communities recently released their findings from a report on Human papillomavirus immunisation rates in 2014-2015.

MPHN is proud to be partnering with MLHD in a diabetes education and mentoring program. MPHN has offered scholarships to eight pharmacists, one practice nurse and two allied health professionals across the Murrumbidgee to support the completion of tertiary diabetes education training at a university of their choice.

Improving the experiences of LGBTI people seeking support and treatment for the use of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) is the focus of a series of one day workshops aimed at building the skills of local services to provide LGBTI-inclusive care in the Riverina.

MPHN has funding, provided by the Commonwealth Government, to invest in a new approach to suicide prevention, focusing on evidence and community based suicide prevention activities. 

Australia’s largest integrated suicide prevention program aims to reduce suicide deaths by 20% and suicide attempts by 30%.

Click on the following links for upcoming NDIS information sessions. There are two sessions scheduled, one for Mental Health Consumers and Carers and one for Mental Health Workers. 

Today the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) says farewell to outgoing CEO, Nancye Piercy, and warmly welcomes incoming CEO, James Lamerton.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network in conjunction with Murrumbidgee Partners in Recovery, the Wagga and Region Suicide Prevention Network and the Aboriginal Health Consortium are bringing safeTALK to the communities of Narrandera, Leeton, Griffith, Lake Cargelligo and Tumut in April. 

Children in the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network region have the highest rates of full immunisation in Australia according to the National Health Performance Authority’s Healthy Communities Report: Immunisation Rates for Children 2014-15 released today.

The head of the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (PHN) believes under federal government changes to mental health support, services will soon be managed by local people, for local people.

The Riverina Pulse is a bi-monthly newsletter for all MPHN members, practices and primary health professionals. The December 2015-January 2016 edition can be downloaded here.