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25.01.2022 It's World Kindness Day and we're encouraging everyone to do something kind for themselves and others. A little bit of kindness can go a long way. #WorldKindnessDay #MakeKindnessTheNorm #ClinicianWellBeing #healthworkers

24.01.2022 In this International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, the Senate sat down with the state's Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Adjunct Professor Shelley Nowlan, the Director of Nursing and Co-Chair of the Division of Surgery at Metro South Health's Princess Alexandra Hospital, Sean Birgan, and Townsville Hospital and Health Service Midwifery Unit Manager of the Birth Suite, Sari Holland, to find out what it means to them. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on one of... the links below. Apple https://podcasts.apple.com//queensland-clinic/id1482747075 Whooshkaa https://player.whooshkaa.com//queensland-clinical-senate-p #nurses #nursing #midwife #midwifery #thankyou

23.01.2022 Looking for something to listen to this long weekend? Pop over to the Senate's podcast and tune into any of the eight episodes in the series so far about everything from clinician wellbeing during COVID-19 to clinician leadership! More episodes to be released in the next few weeks! Whooshka: https://player.whooshkaa.com//queensland-clinical-senate-p... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com//queensland-clinic/id1482747075

22.01.2022 Transitioning from paediatric to adult healthcare services is a big step for adolescents and young adults. The Senate's final meeting for 2020 will explore the unique needs of these young people and look at the opportunities to improve healthcare services, planning and integration for adolescents and young adults. We look forward to hearing the experiences of a number of young health consumers and their families, Queensland clinicians and our keynote speaker Prof Susan Sawyer... AM, President, International Association for Adolescent Health. This online meeting is for Senate members and invited guests. #adolescents #healthcare #paediatrics #clinicians

20.01.2022 The expansion of virtual clinics particularly during #COVID19 means many Queenslanders can see their specialist in the comfort of their own home. Find out more about how #Telehealth can support you and your patients: http://ow.ly/WIHa50AGKha

19.01.2022 Our executive team has pledged to walk or cycle at least 1000km collectively during October and November as part of Health and Wellbeing Queensland's Healthy Choices Pledge Challenge and we're well on our way... A member of our executive for four years, Dr Anthony Brown (pictured below) has cycled more than 500 kilometres already this month! Tony is the Executive Director of Medical Services, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service and rides the 8km around Thursday Islan...d three times before work each day. On top of that he likes to catch the ferry across to Horn Island once a week for a two hour ride. 'I need to exercise every day to improve my productivity and sleep and health,' Tony, a former triathlete and marathon runner, said. And Tony's love of exercise runs in the family! Tony's wife, Ruth, who is the National Rural Health Commissioner, loves to ride with Tony when their diaries align, and their daughter Grace is the Australian Individual Time Trial (ITT) champion and 5th in the world at the ITT. What a team! #boostyourhealthy #wellbeing #health #clinicians #healthypledge Pic: Tony is pictured below just east of the Thursday Island Hospital looking south to Horn Island into the sunrise.

15.01.2022 "This year’s theme Always Was, Always Will Be honours culture and identity as vital to the wellbeing of us as Aboriginal people. Culture is the heart of our health, healing and happiness and identity is the foundation of culture. It’s a wonderful theme and I hope that anyone who is not of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent can reflect on the theme and try and understand the importance of the statement as a way of maintaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural identify, understandings and acceptance of our history and place in this country of ours." Christine Mann, a proud Woppaburra woman, Executive Director Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, North West HHS, Queensland Clinical Senate member. #NAIDOC2020

15.01.2022 Congratulations to Associate Professor Ruth Stewart (pictured below) who has been appointed as the National Rural Health Commissioner. A/Prof Stewart is a long time supporter and contributor to the Senate, advocating for rural and regional health. You can read more about her appointment below. Congratulations from all of us at The Senate. https://www.health.gov.au//government-appoints-new-nationa

15.01.2022 NPS MedicineWise has released its latest educational resource, an opioids video for consumers. The aim of the video is to provide information to consumers who may be about to trial an opioid for chronic non-cancer pain. Congratulation to the team from NPS MedicineWise on this great work helping to keep our consumers informed and safe. The Senate has worked with NPS MedicineWise on our work to help address the issues associated with increasing prescription opioid use. #opioids #consumers #healthcare #clinicianleadership

13.01.2022 "NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to showcase and share our culture with all Australians. We reflect on our achievements, which allows us to build strength in tackling the ongoing challenges for equity and reconciliation." Roslyn Wharton-Boland, an Aboriginal woman of the Mardigan and Kooma tribes of South West Queensland, Nurse Unit Manager for Community Health, in Woorabinda, Central Queensland HHS and Queensland Clinical Senate Executive Member. #NAIDOC2020

13.01.2022 R U Okay? I'm here to listen if you want to talk more. Have you thought about speaking with your doctor? Please check in with your family, friends and colleagues and ask 'R U Okay' and keep the conversation going - it could change someone's life.... If you are feeling worried and anxious as a health professional during COVID-19, please listen to our podcast interview with Dr Lynne McKinlay for some tips and advice. Apple https://podcasts.apple.com//clinician-wellbei/id1482747075 Whooskaa https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=603836 #ruokay #ask #wellbeing #kindness #health #mentalhealth

12.01.2022 We’ve blitzed it already! Our Senate executive set a challenge to collectively walk or cycle 1000kms this spring and we’ve already hit 3500km!!! (1,200km from our walkers, and more than 2,300 from those on two-wheels!) What an effort! How many kms do you think we'll total by the end of November? One-thousand of our cycling kms to date were contributed by Dr David Rimmer, a Senior Medical Officer in Longreach and a member of our executive since May 2017. David rides for the h...ealth benefits, both physical and mental. ‘I have a terrible family history of coronary artery disease with my father dying at age 50 from an Acute Myocardial Infarction, and so I decided to do a cardiac rehab program in my early 40s after one of the first CT calcium scores put my score at >95th centile for age,’ David said. ‘I got angina while training for the New York Marathon in 2005 and had a proximal LAD stent. It all went well but I never did get to the marathon. This month is a 15 year celebration of that stent so I put the motivation to use in the Great Cycle Challenge.’ https://greatcyclechallenge.com.au/Riders/DavidRimmer Well done, David! And thanks Health and Wellbeing Queensland for inspiring us to take up the #boostyourhealthy pledge challenge. Picture: David with his training partner, Suzie, the border collie relaxing in the main street of Longreach after a training ride in preparation for the 110km from Longreach to Barcaldine.

12.01.2022 We are delighted to welcome Professor Susan Sawyer as our keynote speaker at next week's Senate meeting: 'Adolescent to young adult care: doing better'. Among her many roles, Susan is the President of the International Association for Adolescent Health and Director, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital; Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Susan's early training as a respiratory paediatrician sparked a deeper interest in adolescent health and medicine du...e to the rewards and challenges of working with adolescents with chronic health conditions and their families. Despite wider roles, she remains committed to advancing the evidence and policy frameworks that support delivery of quality health care for adolescents with complex physical and mental health conditions. #adolescents #healthcare #paediatrics #clinicians

12.01.2022 Public Health Alert Anyone who has been to the locations provided in the link below during the times given, should monitor their health and, if they devel...op even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms, stay home and get tested. For an extensive list of locations, times and dates, please visit: https://www.qld.gov.au//cor/current-status/contact-tracing To find your nearest fever clinic, visit: https://www.qld.gov.au/covid19testing. The most up-to-date reliable information is available on the Queensland Health website at www.health.qld.gov.au/coronavirus

12.01.2022 COVID-19 update for Brisbane, Ipswich and surrounds In response to recent positive COVID-19 cases, a range of measures have been put in place for the belo...w local government areas across greater Brisbane, Ipswich and surrounds. Brisbane City Ipswich City Logan City Scenic Rim Somerset Region Lockyer Valley Moreton Bay Redland City The below measures come into effect immediately: Gatherings in private homes and public spaces will be restricted to a maximum of 10 people. These limits do not apply to businesses operating under a COVID Safe plan. Residential aged care and disability accommodation facilities have restrictions on visitors and residents leaving the facility Hospitals have been asked to restrict visitors as soon as possible Hospital emergency departments, aged care facilities and disability accommodation facilities will use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including face masks and gloves to treat all patients and residents. Extra restrictions have also been put in place for movement and gatherings in all other Queensland areas outside of the above listed local government areas. These restrictions include: Gatherings in private homes and public spaces will be restricted to a maximum of 30 people. These limited do not apply to businesses operating under a COVID Safe plan. For more information please visit: https://www.qld.gov.au//current-st/urgent-covid-19-update/

07.01.2022 In the latest episode of our podcast series, we speak with Professor Keith McNeil, Queensland's first Chief Clinical Information Officer. Keith shares how his role has changed during COVID-19 and the key areas where digital technologies can continue to support positive changes in how care is delivered after the pandemic. #digitalhealth #clinician #COVID19 Click below to listen to Keith’s interview with the Senate. Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com//queensland-clinic.../id1482747075 Whooshkaa: https://player.whooshkaa.com//queensland-clinical-senate-p

07.01.2022 PLEASE SHARE: The level of PPE required when caring for patients and when in the workplace has changed, including the recommendation for universal masking (with flat surgical mask) of all patients, visitors and staff in the Greater Brisbane area. The latest advice: https://bit.ly/2EiApAs

05.01.2022 It seems our Executive is quite the healthy bunch! We've pledged to collectively walk or cycle 1000km this spring to #BoostyourHealthy! Thank you Health and Wellbeing Queensland for inviting us to be part of your Healthy Choices Pledge Challenge and for reminding us all to put our health and wellbeing first. #healthypledge #BoostYourHealthy #deadlychoices #wellbeing

05.01.2022 Several of the health facility clusters have been linked to lapses in basic processes. Follow these tips to protect yourself and others. Remember this is everybody’s responsibility and now is not the time to become complacent.

03.01.2022 She’s managed the United Nations’ internal response to the Ebola disease outbreak and the chemical weapons crisis in Syria, to name a few. Now Dr Jillann Farmer has returned home to Queensland from New York to head up Clinical Excellence Queensland. We spoke with Dr Farmer about her experiences with the UN and what has brought her home. Click below to listen to her podcast interview with the Senate. Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com//dr-jillann-farme/id1482747075... Whooshka: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=692690 #clinician #healthcare #UN #leadership

03.01.2022 "NAIDOC always causes me to reflect on the efforts of my family group and other local elders and their efforts in making our lives better and struggles to turn our lives from survival to thriving. As a small child I witnessed work and struggle to make our local communities better, by my elders, enabling funding submissions for many ATSI community run services health, housing, legal aid. Their strength and tenacity , has inspired me to complete my own education, and what m...akes me committed to improving public health in QLD for my wider community. The release of progress in closing the gap targets in QLD by our CHO last week, was personally heartening to see as a collective we can make a difference in public service." Deanne Hellsten, a member of the Ngadjonji tribe of the FNQ Atherton Tableland area, Director of Nursing, Herberton Hospital, Cairns and Hinterland HHS, and a member of the Queensland Clinical Senate.

03.01.2022 Coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. In fact, the most prevalent age group to contract COVID-19 in Queensland are people aged 20-29. While most people recover from... COVID-19, not everyone can, with some research now suggesting that the lasting impact could take years off your life. 1. Wash hands thoroughly 2. Cover ALL coughs and sneezes 3. Avoid touching your face 4. Stay at home if you're sick 5. Get tested if you have symptoms See more

02.01.2022 This is Courtney, a registered nurse who normally works at the emergency department at Queensland Children's Hospital. This afternoon, a group of Queensland nur...ses, including Courtney, flew to Victoria to help with the state's efforts in managing COVID-19 outbreaks. These nurses are giving up time with their families and friends, as well as the mild Queensland winter, to assist our Victorian neighbours in conducting thousands of tests in COVID-19 hotspots. Their work will make a huge difference in helping to keep Victorians, and the rest of Australia, healthy and safe. All up, 40 Queensland nurses will be heading down south to help out. Courtney says, "My passion is to help my community. The call-out for nurses to deploy to Victoria was something I never expected that I could be a part of. I didn’t hesitate to put my hand up though. This is such a big opportunity for me as a nurse and I couldn’t think of a better way to help not only Queensland but also Australia. Our huge thanks go to this group of #HealthHeroes, plus all the others who volunteered, and the many more staffing our own COVID-19 testing clinics and hospitals!

01.01.2022 Honoured to have spoken with Queensland's first Chief Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Officer, Haylene Grogan, in the lead up to NAIDOC Week. In our interview with Haylene she talks about the highlights of her first 12 months in the role, what we can all do to show leadership to drive health equity across the system, and why her dad is her inspiration. Click below to listen to her inspiring interview. https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=755621 Or Apple pod...casts: https://podcasts.apple.com//queensland-clinic/id1482747075 #NAIDOC2020

01.01.2022 Congratulations to our colleague Dr Dinesh Palipana on being named Queensland Australian of the year last night. We had the privilege of interviewing Dinesh in 2019 about his career, life and his ground-breaking research into finding a cure for spinal cord injuries. Such an inspiring and extraordinary person! You can listen to the podcast below. #congratulations https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=458196 Or Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com//queensland-clini/id1482747075