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New criteria for eligible patients requiring general surgery for a range of conditions

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 6 November, 2024 | 0

New statewide referral criteria for select hernia, oesophageal and hepatobiliary, colon and anorectal conditions potentially requiring general surgery, come into effect from 1 November 2024 in all Victorian public hospitals. When a referring GP successfully uses the new general surgery criteria to refer a patient to a public hospital, patients can be triaged more accuratelyRead more

New criteria for eligible patients requiring specialist management for a range of respiratory and sleep conditions

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 6 November, 2024 | 0

New statewide referral criteria for select respiratory conditions and sleep disorders come into effect from 1 November 2024 in all Victorian public hospitals. When a referring GP successfully uses the new respiratory criteria to refer a patient to a public hospital, patients can be triaged more accurately and be placed directly onto the appropriate specialistRead more

New criteria for eligible patients requiring general surgery for a range of breast conditions

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 4 June, 2024 | 0

New statewide referral criteria for select breast conditions potentially requiring general surgery, came into effect from 1 June 2024 in all Victorian public hospitals. When a referring GP successfully uses the new general surgery criteria to refer a patient to a public hospital, patients can be triaged more accurately and be placed directly onto theRead more

New criteria to reduce wait times for eligible patients requiring plastic surgery or with joint or lower back pain

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 11 March, 2024 | 0

New statewide referral criteria for plastic surgery and joint pain come into effect from 1 March 2024 in all Victorian public hospitals.    When a referring GP successfully uses the new criteria for plastic surgery or joint pain to refer a patient to a public hospital, patients can be placed directly onto the specialist clinics waitRead more

New criteria to reduce wait times for eligible patients requiring colonoscopy or gastroscopy in Victorian public hospitals

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 5 February, 2024 | 0

New ‘companion’ statewide referral criteria for category one patients with specific indications that require colonoscopy or gastroscopy come into effect from 1 February 2024.  The criteria are:  positive faecal occult blood test (FOBT) – diagnostic colonoscopy  dysphagia – diagnostic gastroscopy.   It’s important to note that the use of the new criteria is not mandatory. They areRead more

Community engagement

By mpcn | Events | Comments are Closed | 22 November, 2023 | 0

We listen to people in our community Primary Health Networks (PHNs) work with communities to help plan, design and evaluate the health services we fund and the programs we deliver. Use the information and links below to get involved with your local PHN to participate in driving health care innovation and change. If you’re notRead more

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Closure of GP clinics: key messages for health services

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 24 October, 2023 | 0

Read the key messages below and download a PDF version with social media posts. When are GP respiratory clinics closing? All Victorian Government funded general practice respiratory clinics (GPRCs) have ceased operations as of Tuesday, 31 October 2023. Why are GPRCs closing? GPRCs were conceived and funded as a valuable temporary response in the earlyRead more

Infection Prevention and Control Helpline update

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 2 October, 2023 | 0

The Infection Prevention and Control Helpline, funded by the Victorian Department of Health, was made available in June 2021, to ensure patient and staff safety was maintained during the pandemic. Now that COVID infections no longer warrant an emergency response and primary care providers are proficient in infection prevention and control processes, the dedicated HelplineRead more

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New statewide referral criteria for long COVID patients requiring specialist care

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 25 July, 2023 | 0

New statewide criteria for long COVID are now in effect across Victoria, making it easier for patients and GPs to navigate referrals to specialist hospital services for the small number of patients who may need specialist support.   GPs are being urged to check their local HealthPathways or care pathways website when considering a referral forRead more

Changes ease non-admitted referrals for GPs, hospitals and patients 

By mpcn | News | Comments are Closed | 19 May, 2023 | 1

A new Victorian Department of Health policy to streamline access to non-admitted specialist services in public hospitals, to be phased in over the next two years, will make the process easier for patients and the GPs who refer them.   Non-admitted hospital services are provided to public patients in a range of settings. These patients doRead more

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  • About us
    • About the Alliance
    • Community engagement
    • Collaboration
    • Leadership
    • PHN Publications
    • Thought Leadership
  • Our Work
    • Best practice, prevention, management and support
      • Accelerated uptake of Hepatitis C medicines
      • Carer Awareness in General Practice
      • Community led cancer screening
      • Lymphoedema Primary Care Capacity Building
      • Optimal Care Pathways
        • Optimal Care Pathways – Oesophagogastric Cancer OCP
        • Optimal Care Pathways – Prostate Cancer
      • Place-based Suicide Prevention
      • Urgent Care Clinics
      • Statewide Paediatric HealthPathways Project
      • Victorian HIV and Hepatitis Integrated Training and Learning (VHHITAL)
        • VHHITAL – Education and events copy pack
    • Connecting health with other sectors
      • Doctors in Secondary Schools
        • Apply to Doctors in Secondary Schools: one day out of your everyday
      • Enhancing Mental Health Support in Secondary Schools
    • Health system integration and reform translation
      • Alcohol and other Drug Integration
      • Care Pathways and Referral
        • COVID-19 care pathways
      • Enhancing Carers Supports Within Primary Health Care
      • Mental Health Integration
      • My Health Record Expansion
      • PIP QI Incentive partnership
      • SafeScript
      • State Emergency and Support Recovery
      • Statewide Specialist Clinic Referral Criteria
      • The National Disability Insurance Scheme in Victoria and Tasmania
      • Voluntary Assisted Dying
  • News and Education
    • Education and Calendars
    • News
    • Online Learning
  • SafeScript Training
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