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25/11/2025

Please join us in wishing our bride to be Jess all the best for her wedding on Saturday 👰 💒

23/11/2025

World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW)External link is a global campaign to raise awareness and understanding of AMR and promote best practices to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. It is celebrated from 18 to 24 November every year.
The World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) 2025 theme is “Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future.”
Test your antibiotic knowledge here!

21/11/2025

To help you manage your asthma and allergies, we encourage the use of pollen monitoring and forecasting to ensure you are prepared. Pollen monitoring and forecasting for many areas of Australia is available via Pollen Forecast websites and apps - head to our website to see if pollen monitoring is available where you are: https://buff.ly/Xqe1RyJ

19/11/2025

What is World Children’s Day?
World Children's Day is on the 20 November 2025. This year is the 36th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – a special moment where governments around the world (including Australia) agreed on 54 different rights that every child under 18 years old should have to live a safe, healthy and happy life.
On this World Children’s Day, we've chosen to celebrate every child’s right to play and calling on communities, schools, workplaces and leaders to protect and promote this right for every child.

Play is how children learn, grow, connect and heal. Every child has the right to play – no matter who they are or where they live.
Yet, millions of children around the world are missing out on this basic right, because of conflict, displacement, inequality or lack of safe spaces.
When we protect a child’s right to play, we’re protecting their right to a full, healthy and happy childhood.

18/11/2025

This year, the theme is ‘The Power of Choice’.
There are more ways to choose to prevent cervical cancer than ever before!

To protect yourself and prevent cervical cancer, there’s more choice than ever before:
1. One (1) dose of the HPV vaccine free for all young people under 25 years, male and female, if you missed your chance at school age.
2. Cervical screening tests every five (5) years for women and those with a cervix from age 25–74 years.
3. Choose Your Screening Method There are choices:
a. Have your doctor or nurse perform a cervical screening test
b. Self-Collection – talk to your doctor or nurse about choosing to collect your sample yourself.

16/11/2025

National Skin Cancer Action Week: combatting Australia’s ‘national cancer

Don’t let the sun catch you off guard
Fortunately, skin cancer is almost entirely preventable. An easy way to ensure you’re protecting your skin from UV exposure is by making sun protection a daily habit.
Protect your skin from getting caught off guard by UV exposure. No matter your age, you can reduce your risk of developing skin cancer by using all five forms of sun protection when the UV level is 3 or above:
• Slip on sun protective clothing that covers as much skin as possible.
• Slop on SPF50 or SPF50+, broad-spectrum, and water-resistant sunscreen. Apply it 20 minutes before going outdoors and re-apply every two hours afterwards.
• Slap on a hat—broad brim or legionnaire style to protect your face, head, neck and ears.
• Seek shade.
• Slide on sunglasses—make sure they meet Australian Standards.
It’s important to get to know your skin and what looks normal for you. If you notice any changes in the size, shape or colour of an existing spot, or the development of a new spot, you should get it checked by a GP.

Did you know Dr Praj at The Beaconsfield Clinic does full skin checks?
Phone reception to book an appointment 03 9796 1445.

13/11/2025

I think sometimes less is more? What do you think?
We have shared heaps about diabetes in the past so this is just a gentle refresher?

November 14 | World Diabetes Day
This we’re helping spread the word about diabetes and encouraging everyone to have regular check ups. Have you had your blood sugar checked this year?
We are lucky enough to have Diabetes Educator - Malie working with us in clinic to help support patients through their diabetes journey.

12/11/2025

What is pneumonia?
Pneumonia is inflammation of the small air sacs (alveoli) of your lungs causing fluid buildup. Pneumonia is usually caused by bacteria or a virus.
When air sacs in your lungs fill up with fluid, it can make it harder for you to breathe.
Pneumonia can be a mild illness, or it can be much more serious. Pneumonia can be life threatening, especially for: babies, aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, those over 70 years
• The most common symptoms of pneumonia are:
• fever — a temperature of 38℃ or higher
• cough — which can be dry or produce thick mucus
• difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
• rapid breathing
• feeling generally tired and unwell
• loss of appetite
Babies under 12 months have a routine pnuemonia vaccination, adults from 70 are eligible for a government immunisation aswell.

02/11/2025

Our colouring competition has been extended!
Get those entries in, drawn Friday 28th November.
Collect the colour sheet from the receptionist at Beaconsfield and Belgrave South clinics.

31/10/2025

Men will die on average 4.9 years earlier than women and for reasons that are largely preventable, which means that it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s five ways you can give yourself the best chance at living a healthy and long life.

31/10/2025