World Family Doctor Day is held every year on May 19 in tribute to the contributions of family doctors in providing healthcare to patients globally.
GPs are the backbone of the Australian healthcare system. WFD has become an annual celebration aimed at recognising the central role of family doctors in delivering personal, comprehensive, and continuous healthcare to patients.
Thank you for everything you do for our patients, Dr Ella, Dr Ann, Dr Hnin and Dr Prue!
As the single largest workforce group, nurses are there at every turn, making a real difference to the care and the experience of patients and their families and carers. International Nurses Day is celebrated each year on 12 May, on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
Thank you to our wonderful nurse Eleshia for everything you do for patients and for being a fantastic colleague!
For thirty years, National Palliative Care Week (NPCW) has sparked discussions, increased awareness, and advocated for improved access to and acceptance of palliative care. With the theme “What’s your plan?” it encourages Australians and their families to engage in conversations about what is most important at the end of life and to create a plan that honours and supports their choices in the final years, months, and days of life.
Lupus is a global health problem that affects people of all nationalities, races, ethnicities, genders and ages. Lupus can affect any part of the body in any way at any time, often with unpredictable and lifechanging results.
Since 2004 and led by the World Lupus Federation, lupus organizations around the globe have conducted activities on May 10 to raise awareness and educate the public about the symptoms and health effects of lupus.
World Asthma Day (WAD) is organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma, (GINA) (www.ginasthma.org), a World Health Organization collaborative organization founded in 1993. WAD is held each May to raise awareness of Asthma worldwide.
Asthma affects 2.8 million Australians, World Asthma Day focusses on learning about what can cause asthma flare-ups, what the signs are, and how to treat it can give people with asthma more control over their health and help them live better lives.
Visit http://www.nationalasthma.org.au/ for more information.
World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment to malaria prevention and control. It was instituted by WHO Member States during the World Health Assembly of 2007.
The day aims to raise awareness about the urgent actions needed in the fight against malaria, emphasizing the importance of continued investment, innovation, collaboration and commitment from the global malaria eradication community.
World Immunization Week is an annual event observed in the last week of April. It aims to educate the public about why vaccines are necessary for the health of millions of people around the world.
For numerous reasons, children and adults miss out on essential vaccines which increases their risk of contracting various preventable diseases such as polio, measles, and smallpox.
The purpose of this week is to identify challenges in gaining access to vaccines and overcome those barriers for the benefit of the global population. People now realize that unless everyone is safe from disease, nobody is truly immune.
On April 17, the global bleeding disorders community will come together to celebrate World Haemophilia Day.
Today, women and girls with bleeding disorders (WGBDs) are still underdiagnosed and underserved. The global bleeding disorders community has the power—and the responsibility—to change this. Through recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and care, the quality of life of women and girls will improve, and the bleeding disorders community will become stronger.
Heart Week is Australia’s national heart health awareness week held in the first week of May each year. It provides an opportunity for the Australian public and health professionals to start a conversation about heart health and take positive steps to reduce their heart disease risk.
https://campaign.heartfoundation.org.au/heart-week
If you are 45 and over and do not have heart disease, you are eligible for a free Heart Health Check. Book in today on 02 4961 1713.
(Follow up appointments to discuss results with your GP, may incur an additional fee)
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness and promoting understanding of this common digestive disorder, with World IBS Day on April 19th.
