Sydney Street Medical Qld

15/11/2025

🌼 National Skin Cancer Action Week
🌟November: 16th-22nd

☀️ Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world 🌍

🌞 When exposed to UV radiation it doesn't take long for skin damage including sunburn to occur, increasing the risk of developing skin cancer later in life. In fact, over-exposure to UV radiation causes up to 95% of melanomas

☀️ In every region across Australia, it is likely to reach extreme levels of UV over the summer months

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🖥️ For more information visit:
cancer.org.au/cancer-information/causes-and-prevention/sun-safety/campaigns-and-events/national-skin-cancer-action-week

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13/11/2025

🌍 World Diabetes Day🩸

- In 2025, one in 15 adults in Australia live with diabetes

- The condition is the fastest growing chronic illness in the country

- While Type 1 is not preventable, the more common Type 2 can often be prevented or delayed through lifestyle changes

- Men are more likely to have diabetes than women

- Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in Australia

Let's normalise talking about prevention with our families, friends and communities. With 1800PREVENT (Type 2 Diabetes), your never alone in taking that first step

🖥️ For more information visit:
diabetes Australia.com.au/world-diabetes-day/

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12/11/2025

🌎 World Kindness Day 2025

🤝 Perform Acts of Kindness by:
- Pay for a strangers coffee
- Hold open a door for someone
- Leave an encouraging note for a friend
- Offer help to a neighbour
- Carry someone's groceries
- Acknowledging acts of kindness
- Pick up litter

📝 The list is endless ❤️



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11/11/2025

🏥 Sydney Street Medical wishes to continue to maintain high-quality care for all our patients. We love the rapport that we have built with our beautiful patients thus far and want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supports our small business ❤️

📆 If you need to make an appointment, call our lovely reception staff on (07) 49 53 33 88 to book your appointment or alternatively you can use our online booking system AMS Connect if you are an existing patient

🌟 Until we see you again, have a great day!

💙🧡Love your SSM Family x


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01/11/2025

🫁 Lung Cancer Awareness Month

With around 15,100 cases estimated, lung cancer is estimated to be the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia in 2025. Of the 5 most common cancers in Australia, its survival rates are the lowest.

👀 In July this year a new National Lung Cancer Screening Program began, offering free biennial low-dose CT scans to high-risk individuals to detect cancer early before symptoms appear, which is projected to prevent over 500 deaths annually.

🖥️ For more information visit:
lungfoundation.com.au/protect-your-lungs/national-lung-cancer-screening-program/

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31/10/2025

👨 Movember 2025

👴 Grow your Moustache (or "Mo") and participate in various activities to raise awareness about Men's Health!

🥸 Movember is a month long campaign that aims to promote Men's Health issues such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men's su***de!

💡 FACT: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australian men. Roughly 79 men per day receive a diagnosis in Australia.

🖥️ For more information visit:
https://au.movember.com

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17/10/2025

We are CLOSED!

Saturday: 18th October - CLOSED
Monday: 20th October - Re-opening: 8am

Sorry for any inconvenience

URGENT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE!!

Mackay Base Hospital Emergency Dept,
475 Bridge Road, Mackay
Phone: 4885 6000

OR

Mater Emergency Care Centre,
76 Willetts Road, Mackay
Phone: 4965 5444
**Fees may apply**

😷 Please wear a mask & notify the hospital before arriving if you have flu like symptoms

🙏 Thank you for understanding,

☀️ Wishing you sunshine and good times

🧡 Enjoy your Weekend. Stay Save! Love your SSM family Xx

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15/10/2025

👩‍💻 Medical Receptionist WANTED!

Are you looking for or do you know anyone who would suit this role to a T

If so, reach out to us via the e-mail address provided below or hand your resume into the surgery and say a quick hello to our front of house staff

Looking forward to meeting someone amazing!!

11/10/2025

🫟 OCD Awareness Week: 12th-18th Oct

- OCD is estimated to affect about 3% of Australians in their lifetime

- The average age of onset is around 19 years with the disorder rarely starting after age 35

- In children, OCD is more common in males but females are affected at slightly higher rates in adulthood

- OCD is a complex disorder thought to have genetic, biological and environmental factors

- Having a family history of OCD increases the risk of developing the condition

🖥️ For more information visit:
Iocdf.org/programs/ocdweek/

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OCD Awareness Week is a worldwide event that serves to dispel myths about obsessive compulsive disorder, break the stigma around mental illness, and provide education about the disorder and how to support those affected. For the over 200 million people worldwide living with OCD, public misconception...

09/10/2025

🏠 World Homeless Day - 10.OCT.2025

📝 The 2021 Census reported approximately 860 people were homeless in the Mackay region

⛺️ More recently, in August 2025, frontline services providers like CASA Mackay stated they receive up to 180 walk-ins and calls daily with approximately 65 rough sleepers in the Mackay city area alone, and a general increase in people needing help due to the rising cost of living and the tight rental market

🌈 Chances House Mackay is determined to help the homeless people of our region, providing them with a safe and nurturing place where people find immediate relief, hope, encouragement and unwavering support

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07/10/2025

📰 Check out what's been happening in the Sydney Street Medical October - December edition of our Newsletter

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05/10/2025

We are CLOSED!

Monday: 06th October - CLOSED (Public Holiday - Kings Birthday)
Tuesday: 07th October - Re-opening: 8am

Sorry for any inconvenience

URGENT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE!!

Mackay Base Hospital Emergency Dept,
475 Bridge Road, Mackay
Phone: 4885 6000

OR

Mater Emergency Care Centre,
76 Willetts Road, Mackay
Phone: 4965 5444
**Fees may apply**

😷 Please wear a mask & notify the hospital before arriving if you have flu like symptoms

🙏 Thank you for understanding,

☀️ Wishing you sunshine and good times

🧡 Enjoy your Weekend. Stay Save! Love your SSM family Xx

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