This webinar will help build palliative care capability in general practice, enabling participants to better support and manage palliative care patients in the community. They will also learn about local community palliative care providers and the services they offer.
Session resources
- Presentation slides
- Earn CPD hours for HealthPathways use
- Banksia Palliative Care Service website: https://banksiapalliative.com.au/how-to-refer-a-client/
- To find your local service: https://www.pallcarevic.asn.au
- PCAM Participating Pharmacies – Metropolitan Melbourne: PCAM Participating Pharmacies – Metropolitan Melbourne – Google My Maps
- Victorian Virtual Specialist Consultations – how to book an appointment
Further learning opportunities
Quality improvement spotlight: Palliative care for general practice
- NWMPHN’s next spotlight runs between February and April 2025 and focuses on building general practice capability in managing palliative care patients.
- The first phase of this activity involves attending and or watching the recording of last night’s webinar.
- Two online workshop will follow in February and April 2025. Links and dates to both events are coming soon.
- The spotlight has two activity streams that providers can select: palliative care and advanced care planning. It is open to GPs and practice teams, and will be CPD accredited (total hours to be confirmed). The spotlight will included points on the following activities: educational activities, reviewing performance and measuring outcomes.
- For more information and to pre-register contact Jack via jack.williams@nwmphn.org.au
Palliative care visits for general practice
- North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) and Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN) have partnered with the North and West Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium to offer general practices the opportunity to connect with local community based palliative care providers.
- General practices can request a visit from a community palliative care team members to provide information, education, and support, and help improve understanding and access to community palliative care services.
- This is open to any practice in the NWMPHN catchment, as well as practices in Banyule, Nillumbik and Whittlesea local government areas in the EMPHN catchment.
- ACP Northern Health.pdf
- GC4AHPC-NWMPHN-activities.pdf
- Apply here.