What's New - January 2005

Description

Tsunami Health Information Notification

Health information for people returning from Tsunami-affected areas.

Sexhealth Site Updates

Information on sexually transmissible infections, other genital infections and infections caused by blood-borne viruses

Tobacco Laws Site Updates

By law and popular demand the Queensland Government has introduced the nation's toughest anti-smoking laws. Changes take effect from 1 January 2005 to 1 July 2006.

Queensland Health Pathology Scientific Services Annual General Meeting Trade Display Site Updates

The 9th Queensland Health Pathology and Scientific Services Annual General Meeting will be held from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 May 2005 at the Caloundra Cultural Centre on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Fallsprevention Project Site Updates

An Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care initiative in association with Queensland Health.

Privacy Plan New Publications

This site is principally a tool for obtaining information about implementation of IS42A - the State Government's new information privacy standard by Queensland Health.

Queensland Health Coding Committee Site Updates

The Queensland Coding Committee is a statewide forum for the resolution of queries related to Australian coding standards, clinical coding, edits and grouping. The QCC is also a forum where other related health information issues can be discussed such as coding audits and associated tools, education for clinical coders and casemix education. The committee meets monthly to discuss issues and provides information, advice and direction to clinical coders, health information managers and other health professionals in the public and private health sectors within Queensland.

Tobacco Laws Feedback Forms

Penalties, fines and enforcement - How to report a possible breach

Kids on Track Site Updates

“Kids on Track” targets children 3 to 10 years who do not have any medical conditions that might cause obesity or overweight. Its purpose is to examine the effect of a group parent intervention on the course and severity of obesity.

Radiation Therapists Site Updates

Radiation Therapists Recruitment Website.

Health Support Team FOXTROT website no longer available

Queensland's Health Support Team Foxtrot will replace Team Echo, from South Australia, as Australia's team of medical officers in south Asia.

Young Women and Alcohol Site Updates

Queensland Health's Young Women and Alcohol Campaign - commercials have been displayed in WMV format (Windows Media Video).

Health Contact Centre Site Updates

One of the Emergency Departments election commitments made during the 2004 State election was the establishment of a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, statewide health hotline to provide easy access to health information, referral and triage services. This new health service is to be based in Queensland, staffed by clinicians using clinical proven protocols and be operational by December 2005.

Health Support Team FOXTROT Site Updates

Queensland's Health Support Team Foxtrot will replace Team Echo, from South Australia, as Australia's team of medical officers in south Asia.

QHPSS Annual General Meeting Trade Display Site Updates

The 9th Queensland Health Pathology and Scientific Services Annual General Meeting will be held from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 May 2005 at the Caloundra Cultural Centre on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Skills Development Centre Site Updates

Queensland Health Skills Development Centre is one of most technologically advanced and comprehensive of 300 skills development centres worldwide. Opened jointly on 23 September 2004 by the Premier of Queensland, the Hon.Peter Beattie and the Queensland Minister for Health, Hon.Gordon Nuttall, it is the only one of seven in Oceania to have a complete suite of virtual reality and simulation training equipment. It covers over 3000sqm, with 26 session rooms, laboratories, and even a fully-functional operating theatre and hospital ward.

Health Bulletins New Publications

Employment - Health Service Bulletins and Public Service Gazettes

Queensland Health Home Care Services New Website

Providing support and maintenance to those members of our communities who are frail aged or younger persons with a moderate to severe disability and their carers is important in preventing inappropriate admission into residential care.

Hepatitis C Anti-Discrimination Training Pack New Publications

Training Pack to assist Queensland workplaces for the purpose of anti-discrimination training with particular reference to hepatitis C.