The Bureau of Health Information is a board-governed organisation that publishes independent reports about the performance of the NSW public healthcare system. Just released is the Healthcare Quarterly report showing how hospitals and ambulance
services performed in the April to June 2017 quarter.
"Social participation consists of three inter-related concepts most informatively labelled Social Connections, Informal Social Participation, and Volunteering." Regardless of the measure of health that was used, the literature review undertaken in this study, indicated that each concept shared a positive relationship with health in older adults. Cognitive function, depression, and even a reduced incidence of falls were some on the health outcomes shown to improve.
David Matz, as the patient writes; "This narrative shares how my experience with two colonoscopies and three surgeries in one year taught me that I am not so good at engaging in treatment decisions. I thought I was." Follow his story in Patient Experience Journal, find out where he thinks he made mistakes and how hospitals possibly made decision making harder.
Wiley has given free access to a large number of articles on mindfulness until October 31, 2017. Impact on behaviour, impact on cognitive function, impact on mental health, impact on physical health and mindfulness in the workplace are topics all covered in this collection. 
BJSOpen is
a new open access journal from the British Journal of Surgery). BJS Open reflects the views of the British Journal of
Surgery Society. In terms of content, BJS Open is a true general surgical journal designed
to have international appeal as global surgical problems become increasingly
evident. A mixture of editorials, systematic reviews, randomized trials and
other types of original articles will characterize the content over the first
few years.
This
site is part of a campaign from the Australian Physiotherapy Association to
increase consumer awareness of what physiotherapy encompasses and why
physiotherapy could be chosen ahead of other treatment options. You can easily look up different injuries and learn more as well.
A new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
website, GEN, was recently launched. GEN is a comprehensive "one-stop
shop" for data and information about aged care services in Australia. It
reports on capacity and activity in the aged care system focusing on the
people, their care assessments and the services they use. 
Updated information is available for in-hours and
after-hours emergency department attendances, with GP attendances for the same
times of day. Maps (available in the Resources section) show results side by
side for all Australian capital cities except Canberra. To break down to the North Coast section, you will need to open the Excel file.
The Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management 2017 updates and supersedes the Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management 2010. The Clinical Guidelines cover the whole continuum of stroke care, across 8 chapters, with each chapter of the new guideline downloadable as a pdf.
