Many Victorians are dying each year due to misuse of opioids, and many of these deaths are attributable to pharmaceutical opioids. Orticare’s goal is to change this pattern by improving access to treatment for people with opioid dependency.
Many Victorians are dying each year due to misuse of opioids, and many of these deaths are attributable to pharmaceutical opioids. Orticare’s goal is to change this pattern by improving accesss to treatment for people with opioid dependency.
Orticare is the Grampians Loddon Mallee Pharmacotherapy Network, one of five area-based networks in Victoria. We are working to create better access to pharmacotherapy services for all clients living in this region. Our purpose is to support regional health professionals who are providing this treatment through workforce education, clinical support, consultation and promotion.
Orticare, the Grampians Loddon Mallee Pharmacotherapy Area Based Network, have established an Opioid Management Clinic in Ballarat. The OMC is a service available for patients and health care professionals across the Grampians Loddon Mallee. It provides for primary and secondary consultations, and multidisciplinary case conferencing with Dr. Adam Straub B.Sc (CHem) Hon (WVU), MBBS(Melb), FAChAM.
Horsham CNM | Life Changing Nature of Opioid Agonist Treatment
In this clinical network meeting we will hear about Opioid Agonist Treatment from three perspectives.
Speakers:
Dr. David Wilson – OAT prescriber
Emma Mackley – AOD nurse
Anonymous – OAT patient
When: Thursday 19th October
Time: 6:00pm registration of a 6:30pm start – dinner provided
Where: Horsham Golf Club – 304 Golf Course Road, Haven
Registrations close on the 16th of October
Are you unsure of the AOD treatment services available in the Bendigo region, and how your patients can access them?
If so, please join us for this informative event!
Speakers:
Opioid Management Clinic – Dr Adam Straub AMS
Bendigo Community Health Services – Sheenah Van Eck – Senior Leader Alcohol and Other Drugs Clinical Services
BDAC – Daniel Fawkner, Program Manager of Wellbeing
Salvation Army – Renato Angelo – Team Leader of Intensive Services
YSAS – Lee Kennedy, Nurse Practitioner
When: Tuesday 17th October
Time: 6pm for a 6:30pm start – dinner provided
Where: Latrobe University, Engineering Building – Room ET 1.03
Registrations close on the 13th of October
Prof Ogden has a special interest in ADHD and substance use. Up to 40% of the patients in his clinic treating substance use disorder have ADHD. He is an excellent communicator with deep understanding and compassion for people living with serious drug dependence.
6pm registration for a 6:30pm start – dinner provided
Echuca Regional Health – board room
226 Service St, Echuca
Pharmacotherapy prescribing – an insiders perspective
Pharmacotherapy is an evidence-based medical treatment that can drastically improve and even save lives.
The following is an interview with four passionate advocates and prescribers of this treatment.
We at Orticare recognise and celebrate the diversity of the community within which we work. We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Owners of the Lands and Waters where we provide services, the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Djab Wurrung, Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk peoples. We acknowledge the important place of all Aboriginal and Torres Islander people who live in our area as the first peoples of Australia and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We welcome and work with people of every age, life stage, race, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, cultural and linguistic background, and financial status and are working to improve the health and wellbeing of every person in our community no matter their circumstance.
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