CheckUP Australia

21/12/2025

📣 Thank you for supporting CheckUP 📣

CheckUP Members contribute to our shared vision of healthy, sustainable, inclusive communities. We express our sincere gratitude to all our Members for their support!





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19/12/2025

Today we are proud to launch our 2024/2025 annual report video which showcases our work across our many program areas.

Thank you to everyone who worked with us and shared our mission to create healthier communities and reduce health inequities.

Rural and remote communities deserve equitable access to healthcare. See what CheckUP delivered across Queensland communities in 2024-25.📊 READ THE FULL REP...

18/12/2025

🔷 Access for All Snapshot | Access for All is an online course that aims to improve disability awareness among health providers and increase understanding about the barriers people with disability experience when accessing healthcare.

🔷 The course is available now and free to complete

🔷 From 2024 - 2025, 1,088 health providers completed AfA online training

🔷 Read through these images to see what health professionals said after they completed the course

🔷 Learn more about AfA here: www.checkup.org.au/what-we-do/online-training/access-for-all

🔷 Read CheckUP's 2024-2025 Annual Report for more information about Access for All's impact: www.checkup.org.au/news-publications/latest-news/checkup-2024-2025-annual-report






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18/12/2025

🎄 This festive season, CheckUP will be closed from 5pm, 19 December 2025, until 9am, 5 January 2026.

🎊Thank you for being part of this journey! We look forward to seeing you again in 2026!

18/12/2025

Last week, CheckUP's Evaluation Lead Philippa Hawke visited Adelaide to share our Cultural Safety Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) at the Wardliparingga Scientific Seminar, hosted by the South Australian Medical and Health Research Institute (SAHMRI).

It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with Aboriginal researchers and showcase how we’re putting patient voices at the heart of quality improvement for eye and ear surgery pathways.

Learn more about our evaluation: https://checkup.org.au/what-we-do/evaluation

17/12/2025

🔷 CheckUP's Health Industry Workforce Advisor visited Charters Towers alongside the Gateway to Industry Schools Program (Health) Regional Coordinator to connect with local health, education, and training partners and better understand regional workforce challenges and opportunities.

🔷 Through site tours and stakeholder meetings, the focus was on school-based traineeships, work experience and entry-level pathways to grow the local health workforce. Insights from the visit will inform practical, place-based workforce solutions for regional providers.

🔷 Does your organisation need support to address Workforce Solutions?

🔷 Learn more about CheckUP's Workforce and Industry
www.checkup.org.au/what-we-do/industry-workforce-development

17/12/2025

🎄 Season’s Greetings from CheckUP! Together, we are moving towards building healthy, sustainable, inclusive communities.

🎊We are celebrating 2025 with you and look forward to continuing our journey together in 2026!

CheckUP will be closed from 5pm, 19 December 2025, until 9am, 5 January 2026.

09/12/2025

Are you looking to support continuity of care and reduce the need for outpatient referrals?

The Mater Queensland eConsultant service provides asynchronous specialist advice to GPs within three business days.

The service is delivered via the Consultmed digital platform and is free for both private and public patients.

Read the practice update below to meet the specialty team, spanning Cardiology to Obstetric Medicine.

Learn how to integrate this tool into your practice workflow.

Download the full Practice Update:https://checkup.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Practice-flyer_Nov25.pdf

08/12/2025

We're exhibiting at the AMA Queensland Intern Readiness Workshops in Townsville! 🩺

Final-year medical students, drop by the Access for All stand on Wednesday 17 December at The Ville (9am-12pm) to discover how we can support you as you begin your medical career.

Access for All offers free online training to help healthcare professionals create more inclusive, disability-friendly practices. Learn practical strategies for providing confident, compassionate care to patients with disability.

Come say hello and explore how inclusive healthcare practices can make a real difference from day one of your internship.

📍 Free entry, food and drinks | Register now: https://amaq.com.au/EventDetail?EventKey=QLD251217A

08/12/2025

💫 Celebrating 2025 together 💫

This year, we achieved tremendous milestones thanks to the dedication of our partners, stakeholders, and funding bodies.

Your commitment to our shared vision - healthy, sustainable, inclusive communities - has made an enormous impact!

CheckUP thanks you for being part of our journey. We wish you a joyful December.

08/12/2025

🔸 CheckUP's Eye and Ear Surgical Support Program, funded under the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, offers timely, financially supported, and culturally safe access to cataract surgery.

🔸 This is achieved through strong collaboration with Dr Campbell and the team at Coastal Eye Centre, Nyina Budja - Sunshine Coast Health Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Team, and the QUT Optometry Health Clinic.

🔸 This work is guided by CheckUP's Surgical Support Manager (Eye and Ear Surgical Support), Jacqui Hawgood, to foster engagement and ensure patients receive the care they need.

🔸 Learn more about the Eye and Ear Surgery Support program. Visit www. checkup.org.au/what-we-do/health-services/eye-and-ear-surgery-support/

08/12/2025

🎄 50 gift bags are heading to local families in Maryborough thanks to the amazing efforts of Jamine from and Chilli from Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service!

We had some toys and goodies to give away, and they've been packed up for Galangoor's Christmas Drive.

So happy to see them being put to such good use! 💙