Health professionals

Dr Stephen Duckett has been appointed Chair of the Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN) – the Australian Government funded PHN which works to improve the care and support people receive from health services in east and north-east Melbourne.

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Thirty men from Melbourne’s north are now better equipped to manage their physical and mental health after graduating from the Sons of the West in the North men’s health program.

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HealthPathways Melbourne; a website for health professionals to access clinical and referral information; has launched a range of mental health pages, coinciding with Mental Health Month.

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EMPHN congratulates Community Advisory Committee member Hamish Russell on being awarded Victorian Senior of the Year 2018

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The Victorian Chief Health Officer has issued a health advisory about lead poisoning associated with illicit opium use.

Late last month EMPHN launched their Integrated Mental Health and AOD Service Atlas an important mapping tool which assists EMPHN and other service decision makers to identify gaps and opportunities to inform planning for mental health and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) services.

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This innovative project targets poor immunisation rates amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, refugees, asylum seekers and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.

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Support services are now much more accessible for carers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds in the City of Monash.

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