Northern Territory Government
Highlights
- Nursing and Midwifery Award Winners Announced
- Poisons & Dangerous Drugs Act changes to Schedule 8 substances
- The Chronicle - April edition
- Child Growth Charts in the Northern Territory 2008 Discussion Paper
- Patient Travel
- Helping Hands for Aboriginal Health
- NT Medical Education and Training Review
- Free Breast Screening for Well Women aged 50-69 years
- Join the growing number of Territory families registered with the eHealthNT Shared Electronic Health Record now to benefit your health care.
News
Oral health checks for Alice Springs
A team of ten oral health professionals will shortly be arriving in Alice Springs to work alongside local oral health teams as part of the Australian Government emergency response.
Dengue
Mosquito eradicated
on Groote Eylandt
The
Department
of
Health
and
Community
Services
(DHCS)
Centre
for
Disease
Control
Dr
Vicki
Krause
today
officially
announced
the
successful
eradication
of
the
dengue
mosquito
on
Groote
Eylandt.
Mosquito-borne
disease warning for
the Top End
The
NT Department of
Health
and Community Services
(DHCS) has issued
a warning for the
potentially fatal
Murray Valley encephalitis
(MVE) virus disease,
and Kunjin virus disease
for the Top End of
the NT, including
the Katherine region,
from now until the
end of June..
MT Medical Summit - The Way Forward
The Territory’s first Medical Education and Training Summit has delivered a practical action plan to attract, train and educate more doctors over the next decade, including making the Territory the home of the generalist doctor.
Report on sexual health in the NT
In the recently published sexual health and blood borne virus unit surveillance report (July-Dec 07), data has highlighted a significant drop in the number of sexually transmitted diseases in the under 14 years age bracket, when compared with the previous six months (Jan-June 07).
Recruiting, Retaining and Educating our Nurses and Midwives
A Nursing and Midwifery Futures Forum will be held tomorrow to identify a strategy for recruiting, retaining and educating nurses and midwifes in the Territory up until 2018.
Improving child health outcomes
Hundreds of Child and Paediatric health professionals from around the world converged on Darwin today for the 10th International Paediatric and Child Health Nursing Conference.
Royal Darwin Hospital doctor takes top honor in Emergency Medicine exams
A Royal Darwin Hospital doctor has shared first place honours in Australia’s Emergency Medicine exams on his way to becoming an Emergency Department specialist.
Medical
training summit
Setting
a blueprint for the
future education, training
and management of the
NT’s medical workforce
will be the focus of
a Department of Health
and Community Services
summit to be held in
Darwin later this month.
Territorian
appointed to National
Preventative Health
Taskforce
The
Department of Health
and Community Services
is proud to acknowledge
the appointment of Dr
Christine Connors to
the recently announced
Australian Government
National Preventative
Health Taskforce.
20,000th
Registration to the
ehealthNT Shared Electronic
Health Record – Ceremony
in Alice Springs
Partnership between Aboriginal Health Services and the Department of Health and Community Services. The
roll-out of the Shared
Electronic Health Record – a major eHealthNT initiative that is linking up the health system – will
deliver the 20,000th
consumer registration
in Alice Springs at
an event at Central
Australian Aboriginal
Congress.
Nurse Awards - Call for last Nominations
Territorians wanting to nominate a nurse or midwife for the Territory's annual Nursing Awards better be quick, as nominations close this week.
Statement - Shipping Containers for Remote Safe Houses
The Department of Health and Community Services is utilising converted shipping containers to construct new safe houses in remote communities, however as yet none are in use.
