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Accreditation October 2024
Moruya Medical Centre underwent accreditation in October and we would like to share some feedback we received from the Lead Surveyor.
"Moruya Medical Centre is a wonderful practice providing exceptional care to the local community. Standards of excellence, compassion for staff and patients, quality improvemnt embedded in the ethos of the practice and sustainability are among the many outstanding qualities. The GP assessor has recommended the practice consider nomination for GP practice of the year".
We would like to thank our lovely patients for working with us to provide quality health care.
If you would like to read the full report please click on the link below
Medical Students
The Moruya Medical Centre is a training facility affiliated with Australian National University. We host medical students at varying times throughout the year. If you do not want the student to be present at your consult please let your doctor know.
Coercive Control & the Law
From 1 July 2024, coercive control is a criminal offence in NSW when a person uses abusive behaviours towards a current or former intimate partner with the intention to coerce or control them.
The criminal offence captures repeated patterns of physical or non-physical abuse used to hurt, scare, intimidate, threaten or control someone. The law only applies to abusive behaviour that happens after 1 July 2024.
Find out more about the NSW Government actions on criminalising coercive control.
Read the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Act 2022.
https://www.nsw.gov.au/family-and-relationships/coercive-control/the-law
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Influenza & Coronavirus
NSW Health provides regular updates regarding Influenza & Coronavirus.
However the following information may be useful.
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ATAGI 2026 information on National Immunisation Program
https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-06/national-immunisation-program-schedule.pdf
Key points
- Influenza vaccine and a dose of COVID-19 vaccine can be administered on the same day
- Further information is available about the COVID-19 vaccination program
- Influenza vaccination is recommended prior to international travel
Eligibility for free influenza vaccine
The influenza vaccine is free under the National Immunisation Program for:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months and over
- Children aged 6 months to under 5 years
- Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
- People aged 65 years or over.
- People aged 6 months or over who have medical conditions that mean they have a higher risk of getting serious disease:
- cardiac disease
- chronic respiratory conditions
- chronic neurological conditions
- immunocompromising conditions
- diabetes and other metabolic disorders
- renal disease
- haematological disorders
- children aged six months to 10 years on long term aspirin therapy.
Your vaccination provider will advise if you or your child have a specified medical risk condition. See also Immunisation for people with medical conditions.
Children under nine years receiving their influenza vaccination for the first time require two doses of vaccine, spaced by a minimum of one month.
For up to date information please click on the links below.
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/Influenza/Pages/default.aspx
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Pages/coronavirus.aspx
If you believe you have come into contact with either of these virus' please phone the surgery for more personalised assistance. We ask that all patients with any signs of respiratory infection wear a mask into the surgery, immediately use the provided handrub solution & where necessary remain isolated from other patients.
Save the Date to Vaccinate
New app helps parents to ‘save the date to vaccinate’
On-time vaccination is a child’s best protection against serious diseases. If children are not up to date with their vaccinations, it can also impact enrolment in child care and access to family assistance payments.
NSW Health has released an improved Save The Date To Vaccinate app. This free app helps parents and carers stay on top of their child’s immunisations by creating a personalised immunisation schedule and helpful reminder notifications for when their child’s vaccinations are due.
This app makes it easier to keep kids protected from serious preventable diseases, which also protects the broader community. In NSW, over 94% of children are fully immunised while 95% is necessary for sustained control of vaccine preventable diseases (known as ‘her immunity’).
The free Save The Date To Vaccinate app can be downloaded on Apple or Android devices here.
We encourage you to make your patients and networks aware of this vaccination reminder tool.
New app to help parents ‘save the date to vaccinate’
On-time vaccination is your child’s best protection against serious diseases. If children are not up to date with their vaccinations, it can also impact enrolment in child care and access to family assistance payments.
NSW Health has just released an improved Save The Date To Vaccinate app. This app helps you stay on top of your child’s immunisations and makes it easier for you to keep your child protected from serious preventable diseases.
Simply download the app, set up your child’s profiles and the app will create your family’s recommended immunisation schedules, along with handy reminders for when vaccines are due.
A childhood immunisation rate of 95% is necessary to control preventable diseases (known as ‘herd immunity’). While over 94% of children in NSW are fully immunised, over 105,000 babies are born in NSW every year so it’s really important that all parents know to vaccinate their children on time. By vaccinating, you’re protecting your child as well as people in the community who can’t be vaccinated themselves – including children with serious illnesses like cancer.
The free Save the Date to Vaccinate app can be downloaded on Apple or Android devices here.
Health Events
August
1 August to 31 August – World Breastfeeding Week
Supported by WHO, UNICEF and many Ministries of Health and civil society partners, World Breastfeeding Week is held in the first week of August every year.
Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival and yet currently, fewer than half of infants under 6 months old are exclusively breastfed.
1 August to 31 August – Step Up To Breast Cancer
Every day, 58 people in Australia are diagnosed with breast cancer, and 9 people die to this disease.
Because every death is one too many, and research is critical to better understand breast cancer and ultimately save lives lost to this disease.
1 August to 31 August – Tradies National Health Month
Tradies National Health Month (TNHM), established by the APA in 2012, raises awareness of the physical and mental challenges faced by those in trade professions.
From injury prevention and pain management to improving mobility and strength, physiotherapists are uniquely placed to support tradies throughout their careers.
By raising awareness and providing practical resources, Tradies National Health Month strives to improve the health and wellbeing of tradies across Australia.
3 August to 9 August – Dental Health Week
Dental Health Week (DHW) is the Australian Dental Association’s major annual oral health campaign.
3 August to 9 August – National Stroke Week
National Stroke Week encourages the community to know the F.A.S.T. (Face, Arms, Speech and Time) signs of stroke so that they can save a life.
Stroke Foundation recommends the F.A.S.T. test as an easy way to remember the most common signs of stroke.
Using the F.A.S.T. test involves asking these simple questions:
– Face Check their face. Has their mouth drooped?
– Arms Can they lift both arms?
– Speech Is their speech slurred? Do they understand you?
– Time Is critical. If you see any of these signs call 000 straight away.
A stroke is always a medical emergency.
4 August – National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day is our national day dedicated to celebrating our children and has been held every year on the 4 August since 1988.
7 August – Jeans for Genes Day
1 in 20 kids faces a birth defect or genetic disease, like cancer, cystic fibrosis, and life-threatening metabolic disorders. That’s 12 kids born every minute worldwide. Help us find treatments and cures by fundraising for us, making a donation, or buying gear.
9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
There are an estimated 476 million indigenous peoples in the world living across 90 countries. They make up less than 5 per cent of the world’s population, but account for 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures.
In order to raise awareness of the needs of these population groups, every 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, chosen in recognition of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in 1982.
12 August – International Youth Day
International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
17 August to 21 August – Bullying No Way Week
Bullying No Way Week is Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative for schools. It provides an opportunity for schools to create a shared understanding about bullying behaviours and share their bullying prevention policies and strategies.
The national week of action unites government, Catholic and independent schools and their communities across the country. Together, we can foster practical approaches to prevent bullying in Australian schools.
17 August to 23 August – Brain Injury Awareness Week
Brain Injury Awareness Week (BIAW) is held annually to raise awareness of brain injury and its impact on everyday Australian’s. This is a time to reflect on how each of us can support and advocate for people living with a brain injury and continue to grow awareness and understanding throughout Australia.
19 August – World Humanitarian Day
On 19 August, we mark World Humanitarian Day — a time to honor those who step into crises to help others, and to stand with the millions of people whose lives hang in the balance.
This year the message is clear: the humanitarian system is stretched to its limits; underfunded, overwhelmed and under attack.
20 August – Daffodil Day
On this day, Australians all over the country come together and, for all that cancer takes, we give hope. We give to support people impacted by cancer and we give to support cancer research that will save lives.
We know that almost 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85, so it takes all of us to give hope for better treatments and better outcomes. The more hope we give, the more lives we can save. That’s why we’re encouraging you to give it your all by registering to fundraise or by donating this Daffodil Day.
23 August to 29 August – Speech Pathology Week
Speech Pathology Week is the profession’s leading event, raising public awareness of communication and swallowing difficulties and the role of speech pathologists in improving lives. We encourage members to get involved in local and national initiatives to celebrate and promote the profession. We will communicate further with resources and activities to support you.
31 August – International Overdose Awareness Day
Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) brings a global community together to take action on overdose. Hold an event, spread the message, take action today.