Oesophagogastric cancers have a low incidence and poor prognosis, with five-year survival rates ranging from 20 to 30%.
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in Australia and fortunately has a very high five-year survival rate (94%). However, a significant sub-group of patients report poor quality of life post treatment, such as erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence.
Enhancing primary care workforce capacity with a focus on improving lymphoedema diagnosis, management and support.
Collaboration with the Australian Digital Health Agency to support provider readiness and communications and community engagement for the My Health Record Expansion across local catchments.
Conduct of primary care workforce development project focussed on supporting accelerated uptake of new hepatitis C drug treatments by the primary care system
Design, develop and deliver training to prescribers and pharmacists on how to use SafeScript which helps prescribers and pharmacists to safely manage patients who may be misusing prescription medicines, or those who may be receiving supplies of high-risk medicines beyond therapeutic need.
Efforts to support the Doctors in Secondary Schools program which primary health care services to 100 Victorian government secondary schools.
Implementation of collaborative responses which involve place-based approaches to suicide prevention being implemented across twelve metropolitan, regional, and rural locations of need over a four year period.
Translation and integrated adoption efforts to the implementation of the Optimal Care Pathways (OCPs) for cancer into primary health.
Support the delivery of better and safer care for children in general practice and reduce the pressure on hospital emergency departments using HealthPathways.