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Strong Foundations supporting local Aboriginal families
27 July 2022
Supported by COORDINARE, the Koori Kids Wellbeing program, Strong Foundations, is an early intervention program that provides culturally appropriate mental health and wellbeing support and education to Aboriginal children and their families. The program aims to promote help-seeking behaviour and help students build resilience.
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Register as a life saving organ donor
25 July 2022
DonateLife Week, from 24 to 31 July, aims to increase awareness of organ donation and encourage people to become an organ and tissue donor.
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One of COORDINARE’s active consumer representatives and member of COORDINARE's Community Advisory Committee, Brad Rossiter, is an organ recipient and organ donation advocate. -
Boosting headspace services for young people in Batemans Bay and Bega
20 July 2022
headspace services in Batemans Bay and Bega will benefit from more than $2 million in funding over three years from the Federal Government to help reduce wait times and increase access to vital services for young people on the South Coast.
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Call for healthcare providers to help increase cancer screening program participation
11 July 2022
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care is seeking help from healthcare providers to increase participation in the national cancer screening programs (bowel, breast and cervical).
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Expanded eligibility for fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose
8 July 2022
People aged 30 and older will be eligible to receive a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose from 11 July 2022 after the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) updated its recommendations.
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Flu vaccination rates for SE NSW released as free vaccine timeframe is extended
30 June 2022
COORDINARE is working to increase flu vaccination rates and to prevent unnecessary hospitalisations, in partnership with the health workforce and the local community.
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NAIDOC Week 2022 - Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
29 June 2022
NAIDOC Week celebrations are set to take place across Australia from 3-10 July, embodying this year's theme - Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
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This year the National NAIDOC Committee is calling for everyone to "Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! for systemic change and to keep rallying around our mob,… -
National Cervical Screening program expansion of self-collection eligibility
27 June 2022
From 1 July 2022, the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) will expand screening test options, offering self-collection as a choice to all people for whom an HPV test is needed.
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Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District’s inaugural informed consent month
6 June 2022
In a first for the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD), June has been dedicated as Informed Consent Month. The education and awareness initiative aims to increase knowledge of informed consent among staff, consumers, patients and the community.
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Get your flu shot and COVID booster as soon as possible
31 May 2022
COORDINARE – South Eastern NSW PHN, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) and Southern NSW Local Health District (SNSWLHD) are encouraging everyone in South Eastern NSW to get the free flu shot, as well as their COVID booster, and be prepared this winter!
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How can you be brave and make change this Reconciliation Week?
27 May 2022
Each year, National Reconciliation Week 2022 (Friday 27 May – 3 June) commemorates two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey - on the 27 May the successful 1967 referendum, and on 3 June the High Court Mabo decision respectively.
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Health Professionals invited to provide consultation on Initial Assessment and Referral Tool
25 May 2022
The Primary Health Network (PHN) regional mental health planning and commissioning of services is founded upon a stepped care approach. In a stepped care approach, a person presenting to the health system is matched to the least intensive level of care that most suits their current treatment need.
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