INTERVIEWS

Overview:

• 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.

Guest: Professor Alan Pettigrew
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Professor Alan Pettigrew, BSC PHD FAICD is one of Australia’s most respected research and innovation advisors. He is an adviser to the Chief Scientist of Australia, an Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University and a Professorial Fellow of the L.H. Martin Institute at the University of Melbourne. He is Chair of the Advisory Committee of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infection at the Queensland University of Technology. He is also Chair of the Board of the Population Data Linkage Project in Western Australia. He was appointed Chair of the IHMRI Board in March 2014 and has played an integral role in growing what is, in effect, a relatively young institute.

Segment overview: For our Health Academy Series today, Professor Alan Pettigrew is here to talk about recent developments and updates at the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI). It is an independent health and medical research institute based on the University of Wollongong campus in the Illawarra Shoalhaven region of New South Wales. It is emerging as an exemplar in regional health and medical research, and a blueprint for how academics, practitioners, research students, industry partners and members of the community can come together through medical research institutes to solve local health problems.

Guest: Dr. Belinda Beck
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Dr. Belinda Beck is an Associate Professor in the School of Allied Health Sciences at Griffith University, Gold Coast campus where she teaches musculoskeletal anatomy and conducts bone research. Beck graduated from The University of Queensland with a degree in Human Movement Studies (Education) and from the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon, USA) with a Master of Science (Sports Medicine) and a PhD (Exercise Physiology). She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Stanford University School of Medicine (California).

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Dr. Belinda Beck joins us to talk about The Bone Clinic which will open in July 1 2015 in Brisbane, Queensland. Together with Lisa Weis, they founded the Bone Clinic which specialises in new and innovative bone health practices with a particular focus on osteoporosis prevention and treatment, tackling the task of reducing the estimated 6.2 million Australians who are expected to be diagnosed with the disease in the next ten years. The Bone Clinic provides her with the opportunity to translate 25 years of research findings into real life solutions for people with conditions affecting bone health.

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,  Stephen Eddey from the Health Schools Australia returns to share great insights on coughs and colds during the Winter season. He stresses the importance of boosting one’s own immune system in order to prevent getting sick this time of year and reminds us that olive leaf extract has traditionally been used as a strong antimicrobial agent proving beneficial for supporting the immune system. He also points out that Antioxidants act as free-radical scavengers, helping to quench free radical activity which are the cause of a weaker immune system and inflammation.

Guest: Paul Coffey
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Paul Coffey and his wife Jo are the Directors of Solmed, a family business located in Western Sydney at Penrith NSW. Paul spent many years with Medtel, Tuta Healthcare & more recently with Multigate before joining the family company. Paul was responsible for Building a Certified Medical Device Manufacturing Plant in Thailand which was later sold to B Braun and is well aware of the fundamentals of Medical Supplies & Devices. He has worked in Clinical, Sales, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Production, Quality Assurance and Inventory Logistics with Medical Products most of his life after a period of Military Service.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Solmed Director Paul Coffey who is here to discuss their wide array of hospital approved medical consumables and devices available to consumers at wholesale prices across Australia and to offer clinical assistance to back up the sales. Solmed supplies products to Hospitals, Medical Centres, Day Surgeries, GPs, First Aid Stations, Paramedics, Schools & the General Consumer. Their customers are scattered across the nation from the top of remote Australia, to the outback of the West and South to the apple Isle of Tasmania.