Health professionals

​Australia is experiencing one of the worst flu seasons ever and Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) is urging the community if they’re unsure if the situation is an emergency to contact NURSE-ON-CALL for immediate health advice, around the clock.

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A new Integrated Diabetes Education and Assessment Service (IDEAS) site opens in Hawthorn on 4 October to address the chronic nature of type 2 diabetes and reduce avoidable hospitalisations.

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On Wednesday 27 September, EMPHN released a tender for the provision of mental health services in the north-east of its catchment.

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Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) has appointed Banyule Community Health to deliver psychological, social and emotional wellbeing strategies for Aboriginal communities in Melbourne’s inner north.

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There are two (2) confirmed case of measles who were infectious whilst at a number of places across Melbourne between September 6 and September 13.

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Students at Healesville High School can see a doctor free within a dedicated clinic located in the school, as part of the Victorian Government’s Doctors in Secondary Schools program.

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More than 600 students at Wallan Secondary College can now see a doctor free within a dedicated clinic located in the school as part of the Victorian Government’s Doctors in Secondary Schools program.

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A new Integrated Diabetes Education and Assessment Service (IDEAS) site opens in Doncaster East today to address the chronic nature of type 2 diabetes and reduce avoidable hospitalisations.

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The first of three new Integrated Diabetes Education and Assessment Service (IDEAS) sites opens in East Ringwood this week to address the chronic nature of type 2 diabetes and reduce avoidable hospitalisations.

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