Dementia Awareness Month: You Are Not Alone Australians are being encouraged to find out more about dementia during Dementia Awareness Month, in September, so people living with the condition feel less isolated and alone. It aims to encourage all Australians to become more aware of dementia, gain a better understanding of what it is like…

  Sexual Assault Awareness month is a campaign designed to raise awareness in the community regarding the harms of sexual assault. “17% of women and 4% of men experience sexual assault since the age of 15 in Australia” Fight against sexual assault this April: Change your profile picture on Facebook in support of the cause…

Coeliac Awareness Week aims to spread awareness about coeliac disease, especially to reach undiagnosed Australians and help them identify the symptoms and take steps towards diagnosis and treatment. Coeliac disease affects on average approximately 1 in 70 Australians. However, around 80% of this number remain undiagnosed. In people with coeliac disease, the immune system reacts abnormally…

National Pain Week   24 – 30 July 2017 National Pain Week 2017 is a campaign to reduce the stigmatisation surrounding chronic pain. The week works towards creating healing relationships between the person in pain and their pain clinician/s and to reduce the isolation and suffering of people in pain. “An estimated 20 percent of adult…

Cupid’s Undie Run The Cupid’s Undie Run is held throughout mid February, raising awareness for the Children’s Tumour Foundation, raising funds to support adults, children, and families affected by neurofibromatosis (NF). NF causes tumours to grow on nerves throughout the body, affecting major organs, and can lead to blindness, bone abnormalities, deafness, disfigurement and learning disabilities….

The Waitara Family Medical Practice Team wishes you and your family a joyous Christmas!