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The Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) proudly celebrated its 10^th anniversary at events held in Canberra, Darwin and Alice Springs in late October. Guests included politicians, stakeholders and health professionals who have undertaken placements in the Territory.

On a recent visit to the offices of RAHC parent company, Aspen Medical, to view the company’s mobile health solutions, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health, took the opportunity to announce additional funding for RAHC through to 30 June 2019.

We are pleased to announce the launch of a live-chat platform on the RAHC website that will provide support to health professionals (HPs) completing the application process online. The RAHC placement team will type responses to any questions in real-time as HPs submit their application.

We are delighted to announce that Ms Pat Anderson AO has been appointed to the Board of RAHC as Chairperson with effect from 28 February 2018.  In addition to Ms Anderson’s appointment, RAHC also welcomes Mrs Janine Mohamed to the Board.

The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre has places available for the Remote Area Trauma Education (RATE) and Remote Pre-Hospital Trauma and Disaster Courses (RPHTDC) in 2018.

This video features highlights from the RAHC 5000th placement event at Parliament House, Canberra on 5 December 2017.

It has been a year of milestones for RAHC. We celebrated sending our 1000th new-to-remote health professional to the Territory and our 5000th placement of a health professional since 2008. 
 

Health Professionals are encouraged to use the Remote Primary Health Care (RPHCM) manuals to cover all aspects of clinical practice. 

RAHC has appointed Fiona Hildebrand as the new Clinical Coordinator for the Top End.  Fiona will be based out of our Darwin office.

We are pleased to announce two new appointments within the RAHC team.

Aaron Richardson, formerly RAHC’s Clinical Manager and Acting Northern Territory (NT) Manager, has permanently been appointed to the position of NT Manager. Tony Lane has recently been appointed as the Clinical Coordinator for Central Australia and Barkly.

On the 12 May, CRANAplus released the Safety and Security Guidelines for Remote and Isolated Health.

RAHC’s Clinical Coordinator for Central Australia and the Barkly region, Genevieve Lewis, has decided on a change of pace by leaving her full-time position at RAHC after five-plus years in the role.  Genevieve has been instrumental in supporting the entire team and the Board of RAHC and will be greatly missed.

Dr Bruce and Dr Jennifer Barker' story in CRANAPlus March 2017 issue