Author: healthprofessionalradio

Guest: Michael Peachey
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Michael completed a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia in 2001. Since then he has worked in numerous private, public and not-for-profit clinical settings (including rehabilitation, outpatients, hospital, domiciliary care, and residential aged care). Michael has been a committee member of the APA Gerontology Group since 2011, an auditor for the Education Advisory Sub-Committee (EASC), and is a member of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) expert reference group for the aged care node. Michael completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 2013, and is currently the CEO of W&L Aged Care Services, Australia’s largest mobile allied health care provider.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, W&L Aged Care Services CEO Michael Peachey is here to talk about the various services that they offer. Wellness & Lifestyles Australia Services provides mobile health care services which include physiotherapy, podiatry, speech pathology, dietetics & occupational therapy as well as providing aged care education and ACFI consultancy. They offer a ‘one stop shop’ for allied health & nursing services for their clients and focus on providing a ‘work-life’ balance for their team. Their core business is aged-focused allied health & nursing services.

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• State Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian will not be drawn on whether Maitland’s new hospital will be funded under a Public Private Partnership or PPP.

• The Queensland coroner has reopened an investigation into the death of Timothy Oldham a 22-year-old Brisbane man who committed suicide just days after starting medication to quit smoking.

• Mental health patients in rural and regional areas could wait months to see psychologists because of problems with the Government’s new Primary Health Networks (PHNs), former employees claim.

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• Pesticide residue left in Western Australian produce has reached unacceptable levels, and is much higher than the national standard, auditor-general Colin Murphy report has found.

• The launch of the Federal Government’s new primary health networks has been thrown into confusion with the new organisations told they cannot use the name “primary health network” in any marketing or branding without independent legal advice.

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• The Victorian Government says it remains satisfied there is no significant health risk form Iluka’s mining operations near Horsham in the state’s south-west.

• Bacteria found in Australian ticks can cause similar symptoms to Lyme disease, but research is no closer to proving tick bites cause the controversial illness domestically, according to Professor Peter Irwin from the Perth-based Murdoch University.

• The Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley has made a visit to Tamworth, in northern New South Wales, to hear the concerns of local doctors about GP and specialist numbers and the continuing freeze on the Medicare rebate for consultations.

Guest: Stephen Eddey
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Stephen Eddey is the Principal/CEO of Health Schools Australia (The International College of Complementary Medicine), where he overseas seminar programs, course structures and the college administration. During his time at Metagenics, Stephen Completed a Bachelor of Complementary Medicine (Charles Sturt University) and a Masters of Health Science (Southern Cross University). Stephen also wrote many publications for Metagenics and also was a contributor to the writing of many practitioner only seminars with the company.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Stephen Eddey once again as he shares helpful insights on male fertility. Studies have shown that a third of all fertility problems can be attributed to problems with male infertility. There was a study conducted in 2012 that shows a link between male infertility issues and low levels of a key antioxidant in the body. Ubiquinol has been found to be effective in men with infertility issues.

Guest: Anna-Louise Bouvier
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Anna-Louise is the Executive Director and Creator of Happy Body At Work. The program has rolled out to over 15,000 people last year alone in organisations as diverse as Optus, the ASX, Minter Ellison, CatholicCare, the University of Sydney, UTS and the CSIRO. She is also the creator and Exec Director of Physiocise, which over the past 20 years has taught over 66,000 classes to people with bad backs and wobbly bodies. She also consults to the Waratahs, Brumbies and Wallabies on overuse injuries.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Anna-Louise Bouvier presents valuable insights on how to get better productivity, performance and increased resilience in the workplace. With the help of their Happy Body At Work program which is based on a behavioural change model, get positive results such as increased activity levels, reduced sedentary time, improved sleep patterns, greater energy, fewer aches and pains and increased awareness of stress signals.