Please find attached PHI Spark Issue Number 7.
https://post-polio.org/networking/post-polio-support-groups/phi-spark-no-7/
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COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout – Phase 1b
Please see below link about phase 1b of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. To check your eligibility and find your local service, use the eligibility checker or consult your GP or Specialist:
ABC Radio Interview – Peter Freckleton with Virginia Trioli – Friday 5th March 2021
If you missed the interview on Friday 5th March with Peter Freckleton on #ABC #VirginiaTrioli
Thank you Peter for sharing your story so publicly.
Here it is:
Polio Australia – Attachments
Please see attached PDFs from Polio Australia
PHI Spark Issue Number 6
Please find below link to PHI Spark Issue Number 6 dated 5th March 2021 from Post Polio Health in St Louis, USA:
https://post-polio.org/networking/post-polio-support-groups/phi-spark-no-6/
Bulletin Board 24/02/2021
COVID-19 Vaccines Update – Accredited Vaccination Training Program
Please see below links for updates on the COVID-19 vaccines:
https://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-vaccine-safety-monitoring-and-reporting
COVID-19 Vaccines Update
Please see below links for updates on the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out:
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/covid-19-vaccine-aged-care-stakeholder-kit
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/covid-19-vaccine-aged-care-stakeholder-kit
Post Polio Victoria Statement Opposing The ‘Independent Assessment’ For Access To National Disability Insurance Scheme
Post Polio Victoria (PPV) opposes the mooted introduction of “independent assessments” for access to the NDIS.
A change from the current assessment model to the mooted “independent assessment funded outsourced model” is unnecessary and potentially deleterious, in that it threatens current and potential participants with reduced assistance or even exclusion from access altogether. There is strong potential to re-traumatise polio sufferers, who need trusted health care providers who are essential to safe continuity of care.
It is undesirable to divert funding from resources for polio sufferers to an additional layer of bureaucracy, regressing from a human rights best practice model to a Dickensian welfare model.
The health and well-being of polio and wider disability communities must not be compromised by interference with the NDIS for reasons of cost-cutting or on any grounds whatsoever.”
Post Polio Victoria Inc.
T: 0431 702 137
Red Cross RediPlan Program
Please read attached information from the Australian Red Cross about the Extreme Heat Response Program.
There are a limited number of registrations still available for HeatREDi this summer. If you or anyone you know may benefit from receiving calls from the HeatREDi program, please register here.
COVID-19 Vaccine Information for Polio Survivors
This information is provided from our Post Polio Health International. We are aware that the possibility of the COVID-19 vaccine coming to Australia in March 2021. This information has come from America but please click on the link for more information: