Capture the Fracture - Osteoporosis Re-Fracture Prevention Program
Northern NSW Local Health District has introduced a new Osteoporosis Re-fracture Prevention Service to the Richmond Health Service centred at Lismore Base Hospital, alongside similar programs in Tweed and Grafton.
The program has employed Craig Knox as The Fracture Liaison Co-ordinator to identify people aged over 50 following a minimal trauma fracture (MTF) or fragility fracture, and then along with Dr Julia Lisle (Staff Specialist Geriatrician) investigate and initiate treatment and management of their Bone Health.
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Former GP to lead University Centre
The Lismore-headquartered University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH) has chosen a former GP to lead the 85-strong regional institution that coordinates clinical placements for medical, nursing and allied health students and undertakes extensive research on rural health issues of local and national importance.
The new Director of UCRH is Professor Ross Bailie who practiced as a GP in South Africa, where he graduated in medicine and surgery in 1983, and in New Zealand. Prof Bailie is an experienced public health doctor and researcher who for almost two decades worked with the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin and Brisbane.
He has extensive knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues, and leads the NHMRC-funded Centre for Research Excellence in Integrated Quality Improvement in Indigenous primary health care.
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‘Second decade’ health care gets youth scrutiny
After a plea not to be distracted by the view over Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach, 41 young people from the Northern Rivers convened in late September to share their opinions about local health care with representatives of the NSW Health Ministry.
Participants were asked not to pull punches when discussing five key topics - Health and Health Issues, Access to Services, Service Providers, Diversity and Youth Participation and Health Promotion and Online Services/Resources.
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Book Review - the Gene
The Gene - An Intimate History
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Bodley Head $26.95
When Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was published in 1859 all copies were sold on the first day, and, as we learn here, “A torrent of ecstatic reviews appeared almost immediately. Even the earliest readers of Origin were aware of the book’s far-reaching implications.”
A similar response greeted the publication of Professor Mukherjee’s own first work, The Emperor of All Maladies, a history of cancer that would win a Pulitzer Prize for literature. It also became a Ken Burns documentary series (shown on SBS).
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GP’s contributions recognised by NCPHN
The professional and community work undertaken by Northern Rivers GP Andrew Binns has been recognized by the North Coast Primary Health Network (NCPHN) in its inaugural North Coast Primary Health Care Excellence Awards.
Dr Binns, described by NCPHN chief excutive Dr Vahid Saberi as “a quiet achiever in the fields of health and the arts”, received an Outstanding Community Service recognition at the awards ceremony held in Coffs Harbour on 9 September.
The same award was given to Minjungbal Elder and health educator Auntie Sue Follent who retired recently after working for the Northern NSW Local Health District for 28 years.
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