March 2024
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“Maintenance is harder than progress. Maintenance is more necessary than progress. Progress is intrinsically temporary and you need to mentally budget for that fact. ”
Useful Fact
Medical Cost Finder is a tool to find and understand costs for medical specialist services across Australia.
The information is a guide only and should not be used as a quote or medical diagnosis.
You can search for a procedure or service, browse by category or enter an Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) item number.
Explore typical costs across Australia. Some procedures also include typical specialist fees.
1. Search or select from a list: Start by using the search bar for a medical service, speciality or a Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item. If you don’t know the service or procedure name, you can browse by procedures or specialty. See more about the descriptions for these terms.
2. Find typical costs near you: Once you select a service, you will be able to see its typical fees and costs. You can also enter your postcode to see local fees and costs.
3. Find and view patient journey and specialist fees for select services: For selected services you will be able to see a typical patient journey. The patient journey will show services that are most commonly received before, during and after the main service.
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Campaign & Events
Say It Out Loud encourages LGBTQ+ communities to have healthy relationships, get help for unhealthy relationships and support their friend.
Although data is limited, available evidence indicates that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people are just as likely as women in the general population (non-LGBTQ+) to experience domestic and/or family violence (DFV), that’s about 1 in 3 who have experienced it in a past or present relationship.
Despite the prevalence of DFV for LGBTQ+ people, these communities are less likely to find support services that meet their specific needs, so they are less likely to identify the occurrence of DFV in their relationships and less likely to report it to the police or to seek support from services.
Know Your Websites
The Ask for Health website provides trusted health information for young people under 25.
Ask for Health is designed to help you to better understand key health topic areas for young people and the health care system in NSW.
It aims to help you have the knowledge, skills, motivation, and confidence to make decisions in everyday life concerning your health care.
Ask For Health’s vision is for all young people in NSW to have greater confidence in navigating the health system and their health by being equipped with the appropriate tools, education, and resources.
They aim to see a health system which is inclusive of all young people and communities, that acknowledges and respects their various needs, leading to positive experiences with the health system.
Who are?
Better Births Illawarra is a community advocacy group representing families of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven to improve maternity care and access to publicly funded birthing options.
The Better Births Illawarra Executive Committee is made up of volunteers who believe strongly in women being at the center of all birth and maternity services and the need for this vision to be realised through strategic and community-led actions.
Seven years ago, they were a couple of mums, feeding their babies, sharing their positive birth experiences through the publicly funded midwifery group practice through Wollongong hospital where they were supported by one midwife throughout their entire pregnancy, birth and postpartum period.
They discovered after some research that not everyone could access gold standard care free of charge. They identified from their own experiences the huge gap in maternity care for local women and they were not okay with that.
Those participating in midwife-led care through the Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) had overwhelmingly positive birth experiences, whereas those who missed out on the programme were often left with experiences which were disappointing, and sometimes traumatic. From their own experiences, they recognised a significant gap in maternity care for local women and were determined to address it. They also discovered that families were either not told about or given accurate information about planned homebirths with private practicing registered midwives.
On the Blog
Our final blog for 2023 featured Future Crunch who are are part of a global movement of scientists, artists, technologists and entrepreneurs who believe science and technology are creating a world that is more peaceful, transparent and abundant.
Founded by political economist, Dr Angus Hervey and cancer scientist, Tane Hunter (pictured) in 2014, Future Crunch is a thought leadership brand consisting of a team of corporate speakers, workshop facilitators and experience designers.
They specialize in the creation and delivery of dynamic, uplifting, visually spectacular presentations that combine world-class research with inspiring stories of human progress.
The blog was wordy, but it was worth it. In the deluge of events in 2023, good things still happened. Picking out key areas relevant to our work, this blog featured good news about transmission, reproduction, consent, human rights and queer news.
Resource
A Good Mind To brings together people who have some lived experience with mental ill health and gives them a microphone to say what they want to say.
And it turns out they have a good mind to share some surprising and compelling stories.
To listen click here
Depending on what device you are on you will be directed to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or to a page where you can choose from many other podcast platforms.
Winner: Australian Podcast Awards: the Specialist Award… for an indie podcast, selected by the judges from across all award categories, that produces exceptional listening experiences for niche audiences and those underrepresented in other Australian media.
A podcast from people who have a good mind to tell you authentic and surprising stories that just might give you something to think about when it comes to mental health and much more.
Diary Dates
Our exciting line up of guests for On The Couch in 2024 includes Dr Tessa Opie from In Your Skin with Kerrin Bradfield, Danyelle Mei Kaplan from Magkasama with Egan Magee from Every Body , Laura Crozier from Youth Affairs Council of Victoria and Rachel Wotton with Mohammed Samrah.
Complete free modules like Nitty Gritty, Hepatitis B and C & Because You Care in your own time.