Recently male health has been a major focus of the government and health organisations as they try to reverse the traditional trend of males not seeking medical advice or assistance. Males often experience poorer health outcomes when compared to females, and this can be attributed to a variety of factors including ethnicity, remoteness, socioeconomic status and age, along with the belief that Australian males are stereotypically self-conscious and reluctant to talk about their health issues.
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Dr David Brown from Urology Now said that it’s traditional views like this, along with the availability of health services in regional areas, that have contributed to the rising prominence of men in the Central West with urological issues such as prostate cancer which is often in the advanced stages.
“Traditionally men have ignored symptoms in the hope they will go away or through fear of showing weakness, but they should really go and see their doctor as it doesn’t have to be a drawn out, embarrassing process,” he said. “There is a misconstrued belief that you have to travel to Sydney to get quality health care from specialists, but this isn’t so,” Dr Brown said. “You can get high quality care and treatment in the Central West”.
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Quality care across the region is something that Dr Brown has been working on since opening his practice 12 months ago in Orange. Since then he has also started a fortnightly clinic in Bathurst at the Charles Sturt University campus, and is looking at opening a clinic in Forbes in the near future. “It’s an ideal location because we will be able to assist people located in the Far West. We are trying to provide better access to services for people to help cut down on barriers such as cost and travel time,” he said.
It's important to remember each patient is an individual with their own concerns that need to be addressed with compassion.
- Dr Brown, Urology Now
Having undergone extensive training in the UK, and with a strong focus on cancer treatment and management, Dr Brown said local service is about more than simply seeing local patients. “We try to keep wait times as low as practically possible, even if that includes putting on extra clinics to ensure patients are seen promptly,” he said. “We are are also introducing ultrasound scanning to provide a ‘one stop shop’ for patients and to prevent double handling of patients health issues and cut down on their travel time”.