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Infection Prevention Helpline

Advice on infection prevention and control is available free to GPs, community pharmacists and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations to help them continue to keep their staff and patients safe during COVID-19.

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Carer Awareness in General Practice

It is estimated that one in ten patients in any general practice is a carer. Carers provide a vital role, and enable patients to maintain their independence, wellness and quality of life. However, carers themselves can experience a range of negative health, social and financial impacts as a result of their caring role.

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COVID-19 care pathways

The COVID-19 pathways have been developed using international evidence from health systems including those in New Zealand, the UK and Australia. Our PHNs are responsible for ensuring the pathways align with Victorian Government guidance and are regularly updated as clinical criteria change and local health services adapt their processes.

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PIP QI Incentive partnership

Victorian and Tasmanian PHNs are working together to support the introduction of the Practice Incentive Program Quality Improvement (PIP QI) Incentive.

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Enhancing Carers Supports Within Primary Health Care

Design, develop and launch efforts to enhance primary care workforce capacity to support Victorian carers with a focus on carer recognition and supports.

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Statewide Specialist Clinic Referral Criteria

The Victorian and Tasmanian PHN Alliance has been commissioned by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services to support an integrated approach to the adoption of statewide referral criteria for acute adult specialist clinics.

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Voluntary Assisted Dying

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act (2017) provides a safe legal framework for people who are suffering and dying to choose the manner and timing of their death. The Victorian Primary Health Networks are supporting a range of initiatives to enhance health practitioner capacity with regard to voluntary assisted dying.

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Alcohol and other Drug Integration

Statewide approaches to alcohol and other drugs health is a shared priority of the six Victorian Primary Health Networks, an Australian Government Initiative and the Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services.

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Mental Health Integration

Efforts to support the Enhancing Mental Health Support in Schools (EMHSS) program which provides mental health services to all 327 government secondary schools across Victoria.

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State Emergency and Support Recovery

Contributions to emergency planning and activation of primary care sector linkages in the event of an emergency.

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Enhancing Mental Health Support in Secondary Schools

Efforts to support the Enhancing Mental Health Support in Schools (EMHSS) program which provides mental health services to all 327 government secondary schools across Victoria.

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The National Disability Insurance Scheme in Victoria and Tasmania

Operational information regarding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

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Optimal Care Pathways – Oesophagogastric Cancer OCP

Oesophagogastric cancers have a low incidence and poor prognosis, with five-year survival rates ranging from 20 to 30%.

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Optimal Care Pathways – Prostate Cancer

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.

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Lymphoedema Primary Care Capacity Building

Enhancing primary care workforce capacity with a focus on improving lymphoedema diagnosis, management and support.

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My Health Record Expansion

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.

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Community led cancer screening

Efforts to increase early detection of bowel, cervical and breast cancer by building capacity to increase participation in relevant cancer screening programs within primary care settings and through targeted community-led interventions.

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Population Health Planning

The Victorian Department of Health of Human Services Policy and Funding Guidelines 2017/18 outlined expectations to support joined up approaches to population health planning and implementation.

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Accelerated uptake of Hepatitis C medicines

Conduct of primary care workforce development project focussed on supporting accelerated uptake of new hepatitis C drug treatments by the primary care system

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Victorian HIV and Hepatitis Integrated Training and Learning

Delivering comprehensive education and training for GPs for the diagnosis, treatment and management of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections (STI).

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SafeScript

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.

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Doctors in Secondary Schools

Efforts to support the Doctors in Secondary Schools program which primary health care services to 100 Victorian government secondary schools.

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Place-based Suicide Prevention

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.

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Optimal Care Pathways

Translation and integrated adoption efforts to the implementation of the Optimal Care Pathways (OCPs) for cancer into primary health.

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Statewide Paediatric HealthPathways Project

Support the delivery of better and safer care for children in general practice and reduce the pressure on hospital emergency departments using HealthPathways.

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Care Pathways and Referral

Care pathways aim to enhance clinical knowledge and promote best practice care, reduce the number of patients referred to specialist care who could be managed in primary/community care, build collaboration and reduce fragmentation across the health service network, and improve health outcomes.

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