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1 November 2023

CESPHN are asking all GPs and Practice Nurses to ensure they are identifying patients of Aboriginal descent, and encouraging them to complete the MBS Item 715 health assessment. The Australian...

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11 April 2023

Meet Sharon Brown, the Aboriginal Health worker at South Eastern Sydney (SESLHD), Public Health Unit (PHU). She works in the immunisation team and the Aboriginal COVID-19 support team. An important...

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23 February 2023

Last week we mentioned that local Bidjigal elder Aunty Barbara Simms Keeley was attending the morning tea to reflect on 15 years since The Apology to The Stolen Generations. Some...

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13 February 2023

The Australian Government announced changes to the Practice Incentive Program (PIP) Indigenous Health Incentive (IHI) as part of the 2021-22 Budget following a national consultation process. The changes are intended...

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13 February 2023

Health professionals in Indigenous health services can help their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients to complete bowel screening, boost bowel screening participation rates – and save lives. Alternative access...

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24 January 2022

24 January 2022 On 1 July 2021, some enhancements to the Closing the Gap (GTC) PBS Co-payment Program (commonly referred to as CTG scripts) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

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28 September 2021

Changes to the CTG PBS co payment came into effect from 1 July 2021. Registration of eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be via the Health Professional Online...

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13 September 2021

CESPHN RAP update We are 7 months into our new innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. Our first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) was launched in 2018. Since then, we have seen many...

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1 June 2021

2 June 2021 National Reconciliation Week officially finishes tomorrow. We hope many of you have participated and celebrated in some way. Karina has had great response for the quiz’z in...

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