Nurses, this is your chance to tell it like it is. The 2020 APNA Workforce Survey needs your input so a comprehensive picture can be painted for the Government of the working conditions and professional concerns of primary health care nurses across Australia.

Queensland Health has recently launched the new Vaccination Matters website, providing the latest immunisation resources for Queenslanders of all ages.

Around three-quarters of the people who die by suicide in the Whitsunday, Isaac, and Mackay region are men. These men are aged from teenagers to the elderly - they are our brothers, sons, husbands, workmates, friends, and neighbours.

The Approved requirements for electronic prescriptions (version 0.2 – October 2020) certified on 4 November 2020, details the approved way under the provisions of the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 (HDPR) for an electronic prescription to be electronically sent by a prescriber and received by a dispenser.

The Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) Digital Health Team recently visited pharmacies in the Cairns and Hinterland region in preparation for electronic prescribing.

Restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic affected many areas of people’s lives in northern Queensland, including their access to and use of health services such as the National Cancer Screening programs.

Good Shepherd Lodge in Mackay is the site of North Queensland’s first Specialist Dementia Care Program (SDCP) unit.

A number of Australian Government agencies have been working together for some months on PPE supply. As part of this work the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, in collaboration with the Department of Health, has developed the PPE Buyer’s Guide. The purpose of the buyer’s guide is to assist organisations when purchasing PPE for COVID-19.

The Northern Queensland PHN Digital Health Team recently hosted an event in Cairns around privacy and security in a healthcare practice.

Tania Kelly Health Consultant has recently opened in Mackay, providing much needed additional mental health and addiction services to the region.