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Episode 56: Endocrinology update - with Dr Hassan Shahid (Brisbane Endocrine and Metabolic Specialists) Image

Episode 55: General Practice in Aged Care Incentive - with Dr Paresh Dawda (Prestantia Health) Image

Episode 54: Public health and vaccinations update - with Dr Ben Brimblecombe (Darling Downs PHU) Image

Join us for our 2026 meet and greets Image

Episode 53: Sexual Assault Support Service - with Simmy Singh-Khaira and Lisa Johansson (West Moreton Health) Image

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HP News

December 02, 2025

Launching the Joint Regional Older Person’s Strategy 2025-2030
Nurse Re-entry Program

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October 07, 2025

It's Cyber Security Awareness Month!
Recent alert: Syphilis (1 October)
Aged care on-site pharmacist

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September 09, 2025

NOW OPEN: TALK ABOUT Women's Health
JOIN US: Red Ant Round-Up
New Queensland Health webpage: Your health care options

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GP Alerts and Updates

October 22, 2025

Alert - Possible Brodifacoum Poisoning Cluster

There has been a cluster of cases identified in the Metro South Health region of positive Brodifacoum (super-warfarin) detection in patients not currently on anticoagulants.

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August 26, 2025

Alert - Measles

The West Moreton Public Health Unit has confirmed a case of measles in an adult from Boonah who recently returned from overseas.

The person was unknowingly infectious while travelling from Bali to Brisbane on Tuesday morning, 19 August 2025 until Monday, 25 August 2025.

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July 04, 2025

Alert - Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV)

Alert - Gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosis and screening changes

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GPs in a Pod

February 24, 2026

Episode 56: Endocrinology update - with Dr Hassan Shahid (Brisbane Endocrine and Metabolic Specialists)

Dr Tanusha is joined by specialist endocrinologist Dr Hassan Shahid, to provide updates in hypertension management, primary aldosteronism screening, and testosterone therapy.

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January 28, 2026

Episode 54: Public health and vaccinations update - with Dr Ben Brimblecombe (Darling Downs PHU)

In this episode, Dr Ben Brimblecombe, Public Health Registrar at the Darling Downs Public Health Unit, returns to the show to speak with Dr Jo.

Dr Brimblecombe provides key public health updates on measles, vaccination recommendations, seasonal trends in influenza and COVID-19, and vaccine storage and preparedness during storm season.

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January 14, 2026

Episode 53: Sexual Assault Support Service - with Simmy Singh-Khaira and Lisa Johansson (West Moreton Health)

In this episode, Dr Tanusha is joined by Lisa Johansson, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Clinical Nurse Consultant, and Simrandeep Singh-Khaira, Social Worker from the West Moreton Sexual Assault Support Service at Ipswich Hospital.

They discuss how victim survivors are supported through trauma-informed, person-centred care in the emergency department, including psychosocial, medical, and forensic pathways. The conversation also covers GP obligations, mandatory reporting, consent laws, referral options, and how GPs can guide patients to appropriate hospital and community-based supports, both within and beyond the seven-day forensic window.

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