FEBRUARY 2018 HEALTH CHECK MEDICAL HEALTH • Identify local medical health services • Find out more about the new Northern Beaches Hospital NUTRITION • Eat healthy food • Cook at home more often MENTAL HEALTH • Ask loved ones R U OK? • Learn more about local mental health services • Reduce stress levels PHYSICAL ACTIVITY • Exercise regularly • Get strong to live long • Help kids get active • Switch off and cut down on screen time IMMUNISATION • Make sure kids are fully vaccinated • Consider downloading the Save the Date app A Health Information Booklet brought to you by: JONATHAN O’DEA MP STATE MEMBER FOR DAVIDSON MEDICAL SERVICES DIRECTORY NortherN SydNey LocaL heaLth diStrict PUBLIC HOS PITALS Private hoSPitaLS Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Castlecrag Private Hospital Palmerston Rd, Hornsby Edinburgh Rd, Castlecrag 9477 9123 9935 0200 Macquarie Hospital Chatswood Private Hospital Wicks Rd, North Ryde Albert Ave, Chatswood 9888 1222 9413 4822 Manly Hospital Dalcross Adventist Hospital (to end of October 2018) Stanhope Rd, Killara Darley Rd, Manly 9932 6600 9976 9611 Hirondelle Private Hospital Mona Vale Hospital Wyvern Ave, Chatswood Coronation St, Mona Vale 9411 1466 9998 0333 Royal North Shore Hospital Mater Hospital Reserve Rd, St Leonards Rocklands Rd, North Sydney 9900 7300 9926 7111 Ryde Hospital Macquarie University Hospital Denistone Rd, Eastwood Technology Pl 9858 7888 9812 3000 commuNity heaLth ceNtreS North Shore Private Hospital Westbourne St, St Leonards Chatswood 9926 4640 8425 3000 Cremorne 9953 7042 Sydney Adventist Hospital Frenchs Forest 9451 7949 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga Hillview (Turramurra) 9024 9000 9487 9111 Mona Vale 9998 0333 PubLic heaLth uNit Responsible for surveillance and Queenscliff 9466 2500 public health response, Royal North Shore 9926 7111 including notifiable infectious Ryde Community diseases matters 9477 9400 Mental Health 9858 7777 After Hours 9477 9123 St Ives 9988 4999 PoiSoNS iNformatioN ceNtre Top Ryde 9448 6877 13 11 26 (24/7) For a complete list of local health services, please visit www.nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services MEDICAL HEALTH Northern Beaches Hospital The new Northern Beaches Hospital cancer care specialties, amongst will be one of the primary hospitals others. for the local area, treating both ● Medical and surgical services. public and private patients in a ● Mental health services. safe and supportive healthcare ● 1,400 car spaces. environment. ● Convenient café, retail and Opening in late 2018, the hospital in customer services. Frenchs Forest will provide patient- ● Helipad for emergency transport. centred, personalised care It is estimated that the hospital will including: employ 1,300 staff and has created ● 14 operating theatres, 2 cardiac 700 construction jobs. Upgrades to catheter labs and 4 procedural existing road infrastructure are also rooms. being delivered. ● A 50-space emergency department with a medical For more information on the centre (GPs) on site. Northern Beaches Hospital, visit northernbeacheshospital.com.au ● Critical care services, including intensive care. @ enquiries@northernbeacheshospital. com.au ● 488 beds, with room to expand in the future. For more information on the ● Ambulatory care (outpatient Northern Beaches Hospital Road services) located close to the Connectivity and Network main entry. Enhancement Project, contact ● Digital imaging and diagnostic 1800 014 307 facilities with the building @ [email protected] enabled for future technologies. rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/sydney- ● Maternity, paediatrics, renal and north/northern-beaches-hospital NUTRITION Child obesity A healthy weight can be maintained by balancing the amount of energy going into a child’s body as food and drink, and the energy being used for development and physical activity. Healthy eating tips remember breKKy Don’t forget breakfast. It provides energy and nutrients for the day. Try wholegrain cereal (bran or crispbread, carrot sticks or cherry flakes, muesli, porridge) and light tomatoes. milk or wholegrain toast with egg, some fresh fruit, and plenty of water. Water iS beSt Seafood iS Good Drink water to quench thirst. Avoid sugar sweetened drinks such as soft Try to eat fish or seafood twice a drinks, flavoured mineral waters, week: fresh, frozen or canned. Oily energy drinks, iced tea, frappes and fish such as salmon, trout, sardines, sports drinks. herring and tuna have higher omega-3 fat content. ceLebratioNS cut the taKe-aWay Pace yourself on party food and drink. Limit restaurant and take-away meals and opt for home-cooked miNdfuL eatiNG meals with family and friends. Take- Don’t use food as a reward, or away portions are typically too large withhold food as a punishment. Be and contain too much salt, conscious of tendencies to binge saturated fat and sugar. eat, and avoid meals or snacks while SNacK Smart watching TV. If you need to snack, choose healthy For more information, read the options such as fruit, unsalted nuts, the Australian Dietary Guidelines milk or yoghurt, wholegrain bread at eatforhealth.gov.au It is important that overweight/ Promote family activities that obese children receive include enjoyable physical activity unconditional love and support for everyone, including safe from their parents and carers. environments for active play e.g. Focus on gradually improving the swimming, cycling, ball sports. family’s physical activity and eating When appropriate, encourage habits, rather than the child’s ‘active commuting’ such as walking weight. to school, the bus, or the shops. MENTAL HEALTH Anxiety withdrawn? Trust your instincts and Anxiety is more than just feeling act on them. A conversation could stressed or worried. While stress and change a life. Ask R U OK? anxious feelings are a common For more information, visit response to a situation where we feel ruok.org.au under pressure, they usually pass once the stressful situation has Lifeline Harbour to passed. Anxiety is when those Hawkesbury anxious feelings don’t go away – they are ongoing and happen Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury without any particular reason or saves lives by providing vital services cause. to the community including Anxiety is the most common mental counselling for personal and health condition in Australia. On financial crises (including problem average, one in four people – one in gambling counselling and a bulk- three women and one in five men – billed psychological service), support will experience anxiety at some for the aged and frail, and suicide stage in their life. Getting early crisis support. support is important as people are 13 11 14 for Telephone Crisis more likely to recover. Support 24/7 Depression 1300 120 446 to connect with Experiencing intense feelings of mental health support services sadness, being low or moody for through Way2Wellness long periods of time (weeks, months Monday-Friday 11am-7pm or even years), and sometimes 9498 8805 for Lifeline Harbour to without any apparent reason, is a Hawkesbury enquiries & concern. Depression is more than appointments just a low mood – it’s a condition For more information, visit that affects physical and mental health. lifelineh2h.org.au Depression affects how people feel about themselves. They may lack energy, have difficulty sleeping or sleep more than usual. Some people feel irritable and some find it hard to concentrate. A person may be depressed if, for more than two weeks, he/she has felt sad or has lost interest or pleasure in usual activities. For more information, visit beyondblue.org.au R U OK? Do you feel that someone you know or care about isn’t behaving as they normally would? Or they seem Youth Depression Mental health problems affect 15- 20% of young people in any one year. If symptoms last for longer than a couple of weeks, it is time to get help. What you can do if you are depressed: ● Talk to someone you trust about how you are feeling. ● Eat, sleep and exercise. Go for walks or play some sport. It offers easily accessible services ● Relax. Listen to music, read or including personalised counselling, create art. mental health support services, What you can do for a friend who is family counselling, early intervention depressed: wellbeing workshops and information events. ● Listen to them, and let them know they are important to you. KYDS addresses a range of issues such as grief, loss, family break up, ● Help them to laugh. friendship problems, school and ● Spend time with them and do things they like doing. study stress, addiction, risky behaviour, anger, bullying, anxiety, ● Direct them where to get help. depression, alcohol and drug use, What you can do as a parent/carer body image concerns, mental health for a young person who is concerns, self-harm and suicidal depressed: thoughts. ● Find the time to listen to them. kyds.org.au ● Talk to them openly about your concerns. 9416 0900 ● Ask them what you can do to @ [email protected] help. Don’t blame yourself. Rear, 265 Pacific Highway, ● Encourage them to get help. Get Lindfield NSW 2070 (Behind help for yourself too if you feel Lindfield Library) stressed or need support. Monday-Friday 10am-6pm For more information, talk to your GP. Older Persons Mental If you or someone else need help, Health Funding Boost contact the Kids Helpline Older people living with mental 1800 551 800 or illness, and their families, will receive www.kidshelpline.com.au or improved local care, including better Lifeline (see previous page). access to services and more If a life is in danger, call 000 . specialist assessment. The NSW Government funding boost of KYDS Youth Development $2.4 million for Older Persons Mental Service Health (OPMH) includes 17,000 KYDS helps young people in additional care hours, enabling the Northern Sydney understand and recruitment of 15 new fulltime manage difficult issues in their lives. mental health clinicians across NSW. MENTAL HEALTH The new positions will be filled with AUSTRALIAN MEN’S SHED a mix of psychiatrists, nurses and ASSOCIATION allied health professionals including 1300 550 009 occupational therapists, social [email protected] workers and psychologists.