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    Read all about it! Healthy for Life News

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    Keep an eye out for a copy of Healthy for Life News, the first edition of a community newsletter about a thriving Aboriginal health project underway in the Eurobodalla and Bega Valley.

    Featuring stories about the success of Koori Diabetes Days, school health checks and much more, readers will spot plenty of familiar faces from the Aboriginal community in the pages.

    The newsletter will be posted direct to all Healthy for Life clients and distributed to community and Aboriginal health organisations throughout the Eurobodalla and Bega Valley.

    If you can’t wait to get your copy, click here.

    2008-2011 SGPN Strategic Plan Please take a moment to read the SGPN Strategic Plan for 2008-2011.

    This plan is significant as it is the first time our Network has developed an independent long term strategic plan. It was developed over an 18 month period by a subcommittee consisting of four GPs, one community representative and two SGPN staff members. The process included an analysis of the external and internal environment that affects the network, reviewing a range of detailed information including previous GP member satisfaction surveys, demographic data, staff contributions and government policy. The Planning Committee’s forward in the attached plan will give you a more thorough understanding of the process.

    We believe the plan gives us a stronger focus and direction for the organisation and helps us to better serve our primary members; the General Practitioners of South East NSW. A full Operational Plan has also been developed around this Strategic Plan .

    We welcome your feedback and please do not hesitate to contact Kym Batt or Kathryn Stonestreet at the Network to make comment on the plan or if you require further information.

    Click here for Strategic Plan and Operational Plan

    2007 Mental Health Act Forms

    GSAHS has undertaken a review of mental health documentation in emergency departments and the mental health teams across the area to ensure that documents used to schedule clients under the 2007 Mental Health Act are current. GPs are asked to discard any old ‘Schedule 2’ forms as they are no longer valid. An electronic version of the ‘Schedule 1 - medical certificate as to examination or observation of person’ from the 2007 Mental Health Act is available click here (a copy is also attached to the Wednesday Wire, 13 August 2008).

    Aged and Dementia Care - HOW CAN WE DO IT BETTER?
    Better practice across the continuum of acute, community and residential care
    3rd Bi-Annual Dementia Network Symposium held at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club on Saturday 28 June 2008

    Click here for copies of the presentations from the Symposium