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January 15, 2021
Children’s feet are always on the move. Whether your child is standing, sitting, walking, running or skipping; their feet are on the move and growing! Your children’s feet will spend most of their growth period in school. It is important to ensure you have good advice on school shoes and that your child has the correct fit in length and width. Your child needs about 1cm of growing room between the longest toe and the top end of the shoe. Your child’s growing feet should not be squashed. A check up with a Podiatrist is recommend if your child complains […]
October 14, 2020
Panaceum Group Support Purple Bra Day 2020 Purple Bra Day is a Breast Cancer awareness campaign championed by IGA. The aim of this day is to raise funds which allow continued support to provide specialist breast care nursing, counselling, financial and practical support to all West Australians diagnosed with Breast Cancer and their families. The funds raised ensure this care can be provided for free. Thursday 15th of October 2020 – the Panaceum Group are running our own fundraiser for this amazing cause that is close to home for some of those around us. Breast Cancer affects so many women, […]
September 4, 2020
THERE’S MORE TO SAY AFTER R U OK? 2020 has been a mighty challenging year for all of us. There have been unexpected and uncontrollable circumstances that have made it even more important for us all to stay connected. It is also even more important that if we are able, that we are willing and able to support those around us. In 2020, the R U OK? Day team have been focusing on assisting Australians to know what to say when someone says they’re not OK and guide them through how they can continue a conversation that could change […]
July 23, 2020
We have deescalated our pandemic procedures here at the Panaceum Group in response to how things are currently in Western Australia. Unfortunately, we can’t go back to the way things were before Covid-19, so we have a “new normal”. What does this “new normal” look like for our patients? We are gradually opening all services we once had, however there will be additional screening, social distancing and the use of telehealth to keep us all safe. In summary: No patients with cold or flu like symptoms will be seen in a normal face to face consult We are using telehealth […]
May 4, 2020
Don’t neglect your healthcare these days! You can “see us” another way without stepping out of your door, in a “virtual consult” Are you not feeling the best? Careplan needing an update? Or your routine appointment is due? Don’t put it off, is the message from the Minister of Health and your Doctor! Did you know you can now do a lot of these things, including Careplans, without coming out to visit us, via a “telehealth” appointment? What is telehealth? It is just a name for a doctor’s appointment that is not physically face to face. At the Panaceum Group […]
March 17, 2020
Hello Patients! This post is to keep you up to date with what we are doing here in response to COVID-19 and how that might change your appointment with us. On Friday the 13th March, the Government announced their increased restrictions on COVID -19 testing. In response to this announcement we decided to change how we normally see our patients, to minimise the risk of COVID-19 for our patients, practitioners and staff. Moving to Telehealth? As COVID-19 can show itself to be like what we all know as the “flu” or a “cold”, we decided that all patients that have […]