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(Picture: Canva) ALTHOUGH many people are keen for lockdown to end in Wales there are aspects that some people may miss. Our sister title the Barry and District News asked their readers on Facebook if theyd miss anything about lockdown when it ends. While some were adamant theyd miss nothing about lockdown and restrictions others found positives among the negativity. Here are eight things people said they will miss when lockdown ends... Less traffic (Picture: SWA Camera Club member Brian ...

NSW to roll out booking system for mass vaccination centre Written by Kate McDonald on 29 April 2021. NSW will open up bookings for COVID-19 vaccinations at its new mass vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park in Homebush on May 24, two weeks after the centre opens, to allow time to get a booking system up and running. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the new centre, to operate from a commercial building at the venue, which also houses a drive-through testing clinic an...

Some have said they will miss one way systems in shops and towns. Laura Densley-Atkinson wrote: "[I will miss] The one way system in town! When youre walking with a pram or on a mobility scooter/wheelchair then you don’t have people cutting you up." Giving nature a chance (Picture: Camera Club member Colin Edmunds) Another side effect of lockdown in Wales is that its given nature a chance to flourish, with less human disruption. Yvonne Wheeler posted: "[I will miss] Peace outside, no ...

Pen CS adds MGT care plan app to Topbar for chronic disease management Written by Kate McDonald on 28 April 2021. Pen CS has made the MyGPMPtool (MGT) available in its Topbar clinical decision support platform to help healthcare providers create chronic disease management care plans and health assessments more easily. MGT is a browser-based tool that is also available as a standalone app, but using Topbar’s API allows it to integrate with GP practice management systems Best Pr...

Fred IT to launch WhatsApp solution for prescription fulfilment requests Written by Kate McDonald on 28 April 2021. Pharmacy IT solution vendor Fred IT is getting ready to launch its new WhatsApp-powered messaging solution to allow patients to request their prescriptions be dispensed and to specify pick-up or delivery times from their pharmacy. The solution is thought to be the first in Australia to use the WhatsApp platform for prescription dispensing requests and will use What...

THERE are renewed calls for an ice rink to be built on the site of a seafront leisure centre - and for the citys ice hockey team to be resurrected. Campaigners have been demanding a new attraction in the city since Brighton’s last permanent ice rink closed 18 years ago. Numerous plans for a permanent ice rink in the city have been proposed and scrapped over the years. Sussex Ice Quest. Photo Credit: Sussex Ice Rink But now Emma Andrews, a campaigner from the group Sussex Ice Rink, is ur...

Written by Kate McDonald on 27 April 2021. The federal government has agreed to extend MBS-funded telehealth services until the end of the year, putting aside $114 million as part of the upcoming budget. The item numbers have been extended several times since first announced in March 2020 to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, and the government is promising to work with peak bodies to co-design permanent post pandemic telehealth programs.

Put Care And Sustainability At The Heart Of All You Do share this article 1 min For an authentic, luxurious escape, travellers now want to feel good about the environment they choose to visit. According to a Sustainable Travel Report from Booking.com, 87% of people today want to travel more sustainably. 1 Furthermore, 68% of travellers are seeking eco-friendly hotels, with even the most fervent luxury seekers wanting to offset any potential damage caused to their destination 2 and the wider wor...

Fred IT live in first site with My Script List digital script wallet Written by Kate McDonald on 26 April 2021. Fred IT’s new digital list of prescriptions, dubbed My Script List (MySL), is now live in its first site in a Tasmanian pharmacy with plans to roll it out to the other states – and other pharmacy and GP software systems – over the coming months. MySL is the first Department of Health conformant active script list (ASL) to go live. It will work alongside the new e...

Written by Kate McDonald on 23 April 2021. Decades of promising but failing to deliver digital tools to improve health outcomes and enable better access to healthcare can be overcome with a fundamental restructure of the New Zealand health system, Health Minister Andrew Little says. Mr Little announced sweeping reforms to the health system this week which will see the 20 district health boards disbanded and replaced by one national organisation dubbed Health NZ.