{"id":2870,"date":"2018-09-16T00:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T14:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.athero.org.au\/fh\/?page_id=2870"},"modified":"2018-09-20T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T04:11:45","slug":"national-fh-registry-newsletter-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.athero.org.au\/fh\/national-fh-registry-newsletter-september-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"National FH Registry newsletter – September 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 2018\"line\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"line\"\"\"<\/a>\"line\"<\/a>FH RESOURCES<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Websites:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"line\"<\/a>FH \u2013 A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE<\/h4>\n

When I first moved to Western Sydney I didn\u2019t know anyone in my street.\u00a0 It was a small cul de sac and an unfamiliar environment. The second day in our home, I found out the house next door had been broken into overnight. I had a wife and young daughter, and I made a few immediate decisions. We installed an alarm and had security screens and deadlocks installed on the windows.\u00a0 A few weeks passed and we slowly started to know our neighbours. Faces now had names and stories, the guy across the street was a mechanic working for Holden, two doors down was a primary school teacher, there was an elderly couple on the high side next door with an old labrador, and a dozen others I could describe.<\/p>\n

Most knew about the neighbour\u2019s house that had been broken into. We all felt vulnerable, even though only one home was impacted. We started to keep a closer eye on our street, connect more and everyone did the little bit they could do to make our street safer.\u00a0 The mechanic had a great eye and ear for unfamiliar cars, the elderly couple were home most days and would often sit on their front verandah or be in their front garden. I\u2019d often get the daily report from them when I got home from work. My wife used to run in the early morning, also patrolling and noting the unfamiliar or the different.<\/p>\n

Our street friends started exchanging details and set up a Facebook page.\u00a0 We would let each other know when we were planning to go away and for how long, who would pick up packages and collect mail, if people at school were talking about dodgy door to door salespeople being in the area.\u00a0 Posts were purposeful and helped us all – many sets of ears and eyes looking out for each other, and people sharing useful information we could all benefit from.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I tell this simple and very familiar story to show that when the whole street worked together, the street felt safer and was safer \u2013 the outcome we all wanted.\u00a0 We worked together as a team doing the bits we were each good at, achieving far more collectively than any of us could have achieved on our own with locks and alarms.<\/p>\n

The FH Community can be much like my old street. The first step to knowing our \u201cFH Street\u201d is easy, signing up to the National FH registry. It does not take very long and further information can be found on the FHAN website<\/a><\/span>. Working together as a community, we can add immense value and help improve outcomes and experiences for FH patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am a patient with FH, my wife has FH and my\u00a0two young sons have a severe form of FH. If something brilliant has happened with treatment, medication or research, if changes to best practice care are being made, if new things are on the horizon, we don\u2019t want to know about it\u2026\u2026. we absolutely NEED to know about it. There are many people who are carers, consumers and clinicians who are doing fantastic work with FH. If we can connect and work together, the great work will benefit us all.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I have been a health manager and administrator for almost 20 years. I have skills in knowing how to navigate the health system, understanding the consumer perspective and knowing how to develop very strong patient centred models of care with a focus on improving outcomes and experiences for patients. Over the last 3 years, I have sat with some of the leading FH clinicians across this country and the globe.\u00a0 I have spoken about what it really means to live with FH. When I sit with our policy makers, researchers, clinicians and pharmaceutical companies, I want them to never forget that at the end of every blood test, prescription, clinical trial, hospital waiting list, appointment or decision they make there is a person with a story relying on them.\u00a0 And guess what, these people desperately need us to speak, share our stories and do our bit to help. Without us telling them what matters and is important, they can\u2019t work out how to help us get the best care.\u00a0 The consumer voice is the most important in the room of every meeting I sit in.<\/p>\n

If I was a graphic designer or a website wizard, my expertise on how to improve online accessibility to some of the resources or information for the FH community could really help. If I was brilliant with social media and corporate communications, a few hours of my time could make the experience of newly diagnosed patients so much less stressful, making sure it was easy to get to the right information, the best information, at the right time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If I could develop apps or was great in the software design world I might come up with a simple FH app to help patients to take their daily tablets, remind when it was time for blood tests or check ups and enable clinicians to post updates on the newest developments in FH treatment.<\/p>\n

I may be very valuable to my FH community by dropping off FH updates and pamphlets to local health care professionals and GP\u2019s, handing out information at local fetes or community events, or reading the newest FH information as part of a consumer council to make sure it makes sense to real people and families living with the disease.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you wish to find out more information or would like to find out more about helping our \u201cFH Street\u201d please contact\u00a0 fhwa@health.wa.gov.au<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Luke Elias
\nFH Patient<\/p>\n

September 2018<\/p>\n

You can\u00a0read\u00a0other patient stories on the FHAN website<\/a><\/span> or contribute your own by emailing us<\/a><\/span>.\"line\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9\u00a02018 FH Australasia Network. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our mailing address is:<\/strong>
\nFHWA
\nUniversity of Western Australia
\nRear 50 Murray Street
\nPERTH WA 6000<\/p>\n

Why did you receive this email?<\/strong>
\nWhen you signed up for the National FH Registry you ticked the box for information.<\/p>\n

Don’t want to receive\u00a0emails in the future?<\/strong>
\nYou can\u00a0unsubscribe\u00a0by emailing fhwa@health.wa.gov.au<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.<\/p>\n

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