In this webinar you will learn the role GPs have in community palliative care, and how you can work with local providers to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Topics include common medications and prescribing doses, and navigating difficult conversations.
Session resources
- Presentation slides (pdf)
- HealthPathways Melbourne slides (pdf)
- Visit NWMPHN’s palliative care webpage for resources, service information and education opportunities.
- Learn more about HealthPathways or view the palliative care pathways
- Register for Banksia Palliative Care’s GP webinar series – October 2023
- Safer Care Victoria clinical guidance for palliative care – opioid conversion, anticipatory medicines, syringe driver compatibility
- Schedule 8 permits and notifications (scroll down to ‘Palliative Care’ to check exceptions)
- SafeScript (scroll down to ‘Is the use of Safescript mandatory?’ to check exceptions)
- Article: Evaluation of legal capacity by doctors and lawyers: the need for collaborative assessment
- Office of the Public Advocate Take Control information kit
- Victoria Legal Aid wills, estates and powers of attorney
Local community palliative care services: