$750,000 mental health pilot to provide tailored support in Melbourne’s east and north east
July 28, 2017A new pilot project in Melbourne’s east will provide tailored care for people with low intensity mental health issues and give them practical tools to self-manage their mental health and wellbeing in day-to-day life through digital resources such as apps, group coaching and traditional one-on-one counselling.
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New collaborative program to improve medication safety in Melbourne’s east
July 28, 2017Older people referred for home nursing support who are at risk of experiencing medication errors and adverse medication events will be helped through a new partnership between Eastern Melbourne PHN and RDNS.
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New perinatal depression support an SMS away
July 19, 2017Parents in Melbourne’s East and North East will soon benefit from an innovative program aimed at helping the 10% of Australian mothers diagnosed with perinatal depression with children under two, and an estimated one in ten Australian fathers diagnosed with postnatal depression .
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- Mental health
$842,000 to Support Wellbeing of Aboriginal Children and their Families
July 18, 2017Aboriginal children and their families in Melbourne’s north will soon have stronger support for their wellbeing through Bubup Wilam Early Learning Aboriginal Child and Family Centre, which is helping change the fact that Indigenous children are almost twice as likely as non-Indigenous children to be developmentally vulnerable in health and wellbeing .
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$2.5m to help young people with severe psychological distress
July 13, 2017With one fifth of young people experiencing very high or high levels of psychological distress¹, Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) today announced it has commissioned $2.5m worth of services to enable extra front-line staff to support more people aged 12-25 with, or at risk of, severe and enduring mental illness.
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- Mental health
Media Release: EMPHN funds Medication Support and Recovery Service in East and North East Melbourne
July 07, 2017Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) will provide $850,000 funding to Connect4Health to deliver a Victorian first Medication Support and Recovery Service program to provide specialist assessment and treatment programs for individuals and families affected by pharmaceutical misuse or dependence.
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Media Release: Valuing and caring for carers in the City of Monash
July 06, 2017Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) unpaid carers in the City of Monash will be better supported to manage the challenges of their caring role and multiple responsibilities, which currently saves the Australian economy over $60 billion¹ a year.
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Media Release: Eastern Melbourne GP Education Alliance to enhance learning for general practice
July 04, 2017Two thousand GPs in eastern metropolitan Melbourne will benefit from a coordinated training approach adopted by an alliance of hospitals and other training providers who deliver specialised education to doctors working in general practice.
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Media release: $168k to say hello Daybreak & goodbye hangovers
July 04, 2017In a first Victorian Primary Health Networks (PHN), Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) has partnered with Hello Sunday Morning and a program called Daybreak to support the community to change their relationship with alcohol.
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Media Release: $400k for the expansion of successful community diabetes service at three new sites
June 07, 2017Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) is funding Carrington Health and its partners Access Health and Community, EACH and Eastern Health to help more than 1,000 local people manage their diabetes better.
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