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Antoinette Sedwell

@antsed

Lead Voluntary Assisted Dying, Office of the Chief Health Officer NSW Health. Views expressed are my own.

 Sydney NSW
health.nsw.gov.au
Joined April 2009
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Join our @harmreductionau ED Annie Madden for what is shaping up as a great #SupportDontPunish Day event with a stellar line-up and a seriously important #SocialPolicy question @Annie_Madden_ @HelenClarkNZ @egmaiden @bobjcarr @AlexWodak and @HonMichaelKirby @DrugPolicyAu @IDPCnet
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Congratulations to our Drug and Alcohol Network and Critical Intelligence Unit (CIU) #NSWHealthCIU on their @NSWHealth Award nomination! Watch the network video: vimeo.com/706769275/66fc8a61… Watch the CIU video: vimeo.com/706769393/719a42b9…
23rd Annual NSW Health Awards: Finalists announced

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Positive Choices@pos_choices8 Mar 2022
Don’t Make #Smokes Your Story! Check out these videos for real life stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia. They provide practical information about the effects of smoking on self, family, culture and community positivechoices.org.au/teach…
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How can our Drug and Alcohol Network help improve healthcare for people seeking treatment in NSW? Share your thoughts by completing this short survey by 1 March. You insights will guide the network's five year strategic plan: bit.ly/DANSurvey2022
Have your say and be part of making a difference

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We continue to draw on the strength of our 40 clinical networks and collaborate with health staff across the system to provide expert guidance during #COVID19. Learn more about our work responding to the pandemic: bit.ly/3stFnzD
Clinical networks are vital to the COVID-19 response

ALT Clinical networks are vital to the COVID-19 response

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A ground-breaking new alcohol and drug program helps improve a client’s brain function, so they can better engage with and complete treatment. Learn about the @nswaci Alcohol and Drug Cognitive Enhancement #ACEProgram: bit.ly/aci-aceprogram #drugprogram #alcoholprogram
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Thank you to all of the @NSWHealth workers who selflessly give themselves to others. You are true heroes and should be recognized as such. Stay safe and know we are all thinking of you #COVID19nsw @nswaci @acemonline @CENAorg @SEastSydHealth @WestSydHealth @SWSLHD @SydneyLHD 🤛
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@NSWHealth2 Jul 2021
NSW Health is warning of the potential dangers of synthetic hallucinogenic recreational drug 25C-NBOMe after several people were transported to hospital in Sydney last week. Read the full media release: health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages…
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@NSWHealth26 Jun 2021
⚠️PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER⚠️ ⚠️Stay at home orders extended to all of Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong ⚠️Restrictions apply to the rest of NSW
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@NSWHealth is reporting increases in severe overdoses from cocaine found to contain opioids (including heroin) currently in circulation around Sydney. More information available here: health.nsw.gov.au/aod/public… @eci_nswaci
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@NSWHealth23 Jun 2021
NSW Health is warning of the potential dangers from opioids being present in the cocaine currently in circulation around Sydney following recent cases of serious harm and deaths. health.nsw.gov.au/aod/public…
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In the latest #ClinicianConnect we explore the pipeline of innovation, reveal a ground-breaking new alcohol and drug program and provide updates from our clinical networks. Read and subscribe: aci.health.nsw.gov.au/about/…
Clinician Connect April 2021, Agency for Clinical Innovation, NSW Health

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More than anything else, it's having an inclusive culture that makes people feel safe to be themselves at work. We're proud to celebrate diversity in our workforce, across the health system and among our patients by using the Rainbow Waratah during the #MardiGras2021 festival.
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Cracks in the Ice@cracksintheice10 Nov 2020
#Stigma surrounding crystal methamphetamine ('ice') use is very common and recognised as a barrier to seeking help. A recent study found that 1 in 3 Australians who reported using ice had experienced discrimination doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.202… #RethinkAddiction #AddictedSBS
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Cracks in the Ice@cracksintheice5 Jun 2020
Watch the @TheMatilda_USyd seminar on stigma, discrimination and barriers to care among people who use crystal #methamphetamine. This seminar was presented by @cracksintheice team member, Hannah Deen. Watch it here ▶️ ow.ly/v5Mi50zFKWn
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How have health care practices changed in response to COVID-19? Click here to have your say and RT to share with others #ACIShare #NSWHealthCIU: bit.ly/2XSp0wZ
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⚠️New public drug warning from @NSWHealth about high and variable dose MDMA (ecstasy), which is linked to death, serious harm & life-long complications. Do not take 'C P' and 'Levi's' tablets. Know signs of overdose & seek support or call 000 if needed. bit.ly/2xlSeeG💊
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DANA celebrates ‘2020: Year of the Nurse and Midwife’ with this special video. Gain insights into the world’s use of alcohol & drugs and find out what D&A nurses are doing about it; How they are saving lives. @antsed @monash_nm @mattnoffs @SMARTRecovery youtu.be/wcA0kjFsORk
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Talia Nardo@Talia_Neuro13 Nov 2019
Thanks @PsychopharmUTAS for your great question as chair this morning. Important take aways for front line staff - consider cognition - speak slowly - repeat yourself frequently - change is hard for all of us but even harder with exec difficulties 🙌 #APSAD @APSADConf
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The #NSWHealth Strategic Priorities 2019-2020 identify drug & alcohol misuse as a priority area. 'Dealing with the Hard Stuff' aims to improve timely access to services, evidence-based treatment & pathways to ongoing care for vulnerable people. @SNSWLHD @COORDINARE_au #CHRSchool
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Vicki Dianne WADE@djurupin1027 Aug 2019
Janine Mohamed delivery of the Key note speech at #ACCN19 powerful talk my sista. Can you keep up with us are you prepared to listen deeply and join us in our dreaming. – at Sydney, New South Wales
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