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Health Professional Considered Travel When Planning Treatment
Health Professional Considered Travel When Planning Treatment
Health professionals need to consider our patients and carers ability to travel when planning for future treatment and care. Travel restrictions include long distances, lack of public transport, carer's commitments or the patient may feel too unwell to travel. If our patients are not receiving planned treatment and care as a direct result of inability to travel it may have an impact on the patients wellbeing and recovery time.
The solutions below showcase how some health services are working to improve in this area.
Solutions
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Establishing Shared Care Outreach Oncology in Rural NSW - Greater Southern Area Health Service
A pilot oncology outreach clinic involving training of local staff to administer chemotherapy, in partnership with ACT medical oncologists and the local GPs was established in Cooma.
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La Perouse Aboriginal Community Health Centre - South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
The La Perouse Aboriginal Community Health Centre provides health care for the local Aboriginal community.
