SWSPHN Antenatal Shared Care Program

FREE CPD Event:

Meeting your Measuring Outcomes CPD hours can feel daunting and complex, but it doesn't need to be.

During this webinar RACGPSI Antenatal and Postnatal Chair, Dr Ka-Kiu Cheung, will provide ideas of practical quality improvements that you can implement into your practice.

Dr Cheung will explore examples of key criteria that you can focus on, allowing you to better support your patients during and after pregnancy.

For further information and to register please visit the RACGP Event page.

The NSW Cervical Screening Program has developed a new resource in collaboration with the Cervical Screening During Pregnancy Project Working Group. The purpose is to provide up-to-date cervical screening information to all healthcare providers who work with women during pregnancy care.

The full presentation can be found here.

For National Cervical Screening Program resources visit here.

For Family Planning Australia training courses, including provision of clinician-collected and self-collected samples visit here.

The below is a summary only of the NSW Health Syphilis in Pregnancy and Newborns policy guideline and the Syphilis HealthPathway. Both the full policy guideline and HealthPathway should be revised. The full policy is found here. The full Syphilis HealthPathway is found here.

SWSLHD has released a district-wide policy guideline on Vitamin D Screening and Management for pregnancy. The below is a summary only and the full policy guideline should be revised. The full policy is found here in the 'Protocols, Policies and Guidelines' folder.

Featuring interviews filmed during the Best Start to Life 2022 National Gathering at Mparntwe (Alice Springs) alongside breath-taking Australian landscapes, this educational documentary explores the many meanings of Birthing on Country.

The video 'What does birthing on country mean to you?' has been developed through the Molly Wardaguga Research Centre. For more information on birthing on Country and other work developed through the Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, visit: Birthing on Country or Charles Darwin University.

Over the last year, there has been considerable discussion around the rise in syphilis cases in New South Wales, and more broadly across Australia. Clinicians have seen Safety Alerts released via the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) outlining the need to increase syphilis screening during pregnancy, and education via South West Sydney Primary Health Network (SWSPHN) targeting syphilis and congenital syphilis. NSW Health has now released a formal guideline for Syphilis in Pregnancy and Newborns. To support the policy guideline, the AHSM has developed a 1-hour online module for clinicians who provide antenatal care.

To access the online learning module, simply click the image below and register.

In August, a webinar event was recorded on the topic. Dr Chris Carmody (Staff Specialist for Sexual Health at Liverpool Hospital), Dr Michelle Dunn (Maternal Fetal Medicine Subspecialty Trainee- Liverpool Hospital) and Cherie Bennet (Clinical Nurse Consultant) from AHSM presented information and case studies on the topics of syphilis and congenital syphils. The video can be viewed below or via the SWSPHN Youtube channel.

The link for the online module will continue to be available via the online CPD tab within the ANSC Healthchat. Additionally, the link to the policy guideline will also continue to be available via the Protocols, Policies and Guidelines tab.

The gold standard resource for perinatal infecion management is the current edition of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) guidelines Management of Perinatal Infections.

Registration for this event here.

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The Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) has updated the Safety Alert for Streptococcus A to both paediatric and pregnant/ postnatal populations. For full Safety Alert details, please click the image.