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WorldPride is coming to Sydney on February 17-March 5, 2023! As you’re likely aware WorldPride is an international festival and celebration for LGBTIQ+ communities, people and culture. The festival also aims to promote and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer (LGBTIQ+) human rights around the world.
During this period Sydney will is expecting a large number of attendees from across NSW, interstate and internationally to attend events in the Sydney metropolitan area. To find out more about WorldPride, watch this video.
NSW Health has undertaken work in the lead up to WorldPride to ensure our services meet increased demands during the event period, and support our stakeholders, including yourselves, during this time. Our priorities have been to:
Ensure high vaccination coverage against monkeypox (mpox).
Ensure high PrEP coverage to prevent against HIV.
Ensure sexual health services are aware and ready for an increase in demand.
Ensure community messaging is consistent and have an implementation plan ready
Coordinate with medical services including ED, GPs, pharmacies, and publicly funded sexual health clinics
Please find below information, resources and referral links that may support you and your clients during Sydney WorldPride. These resources are useful no matter your location. Visitors to Sydney may travel regionally before, during or after Sydney WorldPride.
RACGP Webinar: What GPs need to know about Sydney WorldPride
NSW Health and RACGP are hosting a Sydney WorldPride webinar.
With Dr Kerry Chant, NSW Chief Health Officer
Tuesday 21st February from 7.30pm – 8.30pm.
The webinar is case study based to discuss management and additional services GPs can access over WorldPride. It is hosted by 2 GPs who will be joined by Dr Kerry Chant NSW Chief Health Officer (AO PSM), and Nic Parkhill, CEO of ACON.
NSW Health developed a ‘Staying safe at Sydney WorldPride’ landing page which includes information for health professionals, NSW community and visitors on a range of topics, including:
Where to get medical help in NSW
Vaccinations ahead of Sydney WorldPride
Mpox
Sexual health
COVID-19, flu and other illnesses
Mental health support
Alcohol and other drugsAdvice in your language
Information for clinicians
The website includes NSW Health’s latest clinical alerts, tools, trainings and resources to manage sexual health presentations during WorldPride.
Sexual health service access and referral during Sydney WorldPride
The NSW Sexual Health Infolink provides information on HIV/STI prevention, testing, clinics and referral support for both patients and clinicians. SHIL has a direct health professionals’ line and is available to support you and your clients between 8am-8pm weekdays.
The PEP hotline (1800 PEP NOW) operates 24 hours. You can call the PEP hotline to discuss a client’s HIV risk, if they should be recommended to take PEP and to find locations where PEP can be accessed.
Additional sexual health services available during Sydney WorldPride can be found here.
Central and Eastern Sydney PHN have moved to a new site.
As you may have noticed, our website looks different. Central and Eastern Sydney PHN have moved to a new site and although much has remained the same, we have introduced some new functions.
Welcome to our new website! As you may have noticed, our website looks different. Central and Eastern Sydney PHN have moved to a new site and although much has remained the same, we have introduced some new functions. These include: Updated navigation When you land on our new website, you…
EOI for Randwick Medicare Urgent Care Clinic The Central and Eastern Sydney PHN (CESPHN) is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from general practices, or Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services that may be willing and able to operate a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) in the Randwick LGA. Medicare UCCs…
FIVE QUESTIONS is where we ask members of the community to talk about how they stay HEALTHY. CESPHN board member and lawyer Larissa Cook, who recently attended the Canterbury Head to Health launch, shared this: 1. What did you eat yesterday? My husband brought me coffee and toast in bed (which…
EOI for the Nurse Winter Vaccination Program CESPHN is offering funding to general practices within the CESPHN region who employ a practice nurse to develop and implement activities to drive the uptake of vaccination. The Nurse Winter Vaccination Program funding aims to decrease vaccine hesitancy amongst vulnerable population groups to…
Immunisation weekly update – 29 March 2023 NSW Health – Influenza resources NSW Health will not be distributing posters and brochures to practices. Each first influenza delivery will include a flyer: 2023 influenza vaccine presentation and free vaccine eligibility and 2023 basket stickers. Site will need to order printed copies…
Would you like to help design a new pathway in accessing youth mental health services Southeastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) would like to invite GPs working in the Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick, and Bayside LGAs, to participate in a confidential 30–60-minute interview for the Youth Integration Project. This project is…
GENERAL PRACTICE GRANTS PROGRAM As part of the 2022-23 October Budget, the Australian Government announced the Strengthening Medicare – GP Grants Program. The program will support general practices to make improvements to their practices, to expand patient access and provide better, safe, accessible quality care. All general practices will be…