Health Information
General Health Information
My health record
My Health Record is a modern way to upload your Medical Summary online. Summaries can be viewed by hospitals or other doctors. Please discuss with your GP.
Medical summary can include:
Allergies
Current conditions and treatments
Medicine details
Pathology Reports
Diagnostic Imaging Scan reports
Health Information in your language
Visit Multicultural Health Connect | healthdirect or call 1800186815
Multicultural Health Connect is a helpline that patients can call to receive health information and advice in their language, from staff who understand their culture.
Visiting the emergency department for the right reasons
📺 DEE’S ED FAIL TALE 👩⚕️
Have you ever presented to the Emergency Department due to an ingrown toenail? Or ever tried taking your pet to the Emergency Department?
North Queensland PHN have put together an amusing video about real - life Emergency Department misuse they've had to deal with.
Learn what is considered an "emergency" that needs to be treated in hospital vs a "non-emergency" that can be treated with your GP
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Older Australians
National Dementia Hotline
The National Dementia Helpline | Dementia Australia
1800 100 500 provides expert information, advice and support, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. No issue too big, no question too small.
For the following:
- Live with dementia
- Know or care for someone with dementia
- Work with people with dementia
- Are concerned about your thinking, mood and memory
- Have mild cognitive impairment
Immunisations
The following vaccines are provided free to older Australians under the National Immunisation Program (NIP).
People in these age groups are at high risk from influenza (flu) and pneumococcal disease and the complications they can cause. The great majority of deaths from these two diseases occur in these age groups.
- People over 65 years are also advised to have dTpa, a diphtheria-tetanus-whooping cough booster, if they have not received one in the previous 10 years, although this is not funded under the NIP. Also free vaccinations for Influenza and for >70 years old, Pneumococcal (Prevenar 13).
- 50 years and over (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) - Free Pneumococcal (Prevenar 13)
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Organ and Tissue Donation
You should never assume you are too young, too old or too unhealthy to sign up to become an organ and tissue donor.
Registration is a quick and easy online process through www.donatelife.gov.au and can be done at any date or time.
Children's Health
RSV and Me (Respiratory syncytial virus) RSV and Me — Immunisation Foundation of Australia (ifa.org.au)
Women's Health
Royal Womens hospital
1800 my options
1800 My Options is a free and confidential phone line and information service for Victorian women who are looking for sexual and reproductive health information.
What to expect from a colposcopy
Breast Cancer in young women
Watch 'Ask a menopause expert' video provided by Jean Hailes
Click here to watch experts cover the common questions about Menopause.
Men's Health
men care too
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Halt
HALT delivers on-site health promotion/suicide prevention talks at sporting clubs, community groups, men’s sheds, construction sites and council depots.
Cancer
Bowel cancer screening
Bowel Cancer testing is recommended for all men and women between 50 - 74 years of age.
Cancer council
Chronic Disease
Hepatitis B
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne created the above video describing what Hepatitis B is, how it is transmitted and how to care for yourself and your family.
Asthma Australia
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