POLAR learning sessions

Join NWMPHN’s Primary Care Improvement Team for our lunchtime POLAR learning series. Session 1: Introduction (15 August 2025)  Session 2: Data Quality, PIP QI and eHealth PIP (27 August 2025).  Session 3: Tracked MBS and Husky (10 September 2025).  (Coming soon) Session 4: Hospitalisation avoidance tool – improving care for at-risk patients … Continued

National Lung Cancer Screening Program: Additional findings detected during lung cancer screening (12 August 2025)

Australia launched a new National Lung Cancer Screening Program in July 2025. This is the third of a series of educational webinars planned in preparation for the new program delivered in collaboration with NWMPHN and The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Session resources Presentation slides National Lung Cancer Screening Program Health Workforce Education – Lung Foundation Australia … Continued

Beyond MDT team care arrangements: Delivering integrated multidisciplinary care that truly matters (6 August 2025)

This session presented by the Victorian Tasmanian PHN Alliance and Prestantia Health explores how general practice and allied health can better work together to deliver both person-centred and population focused multidisciplinary care that matters to patients. Providers will gain insights into the MBS chronic care item changes and how to unlock opportunities for their practice … Continued

Accreditation – common non-conformances in RACGP accreditation and how to prepare for them (17 July 2025)

Join NWMPHN and QIP consulting in a session that explores the most common areas of non-compliance identified during RACGP accreditation assessments and provides practical strategies for avoiding them. Session resources Presentation slides NWMPHN Key Takeaway Fact Sheet QI Consulting QIP Consulting Health Record Self Audit Template QIP Consulting HR Record Audit Template QIP Consulting Risk … Continued

National Lung Cancer Screening Program – Healthcare provider toolkit collection

This toolkit published by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing supports health care providers and the health support workforce to provide information, education and resources to prepare for and deliver the National Lung Cancer Screening Program (NLCSP). guidelines fact sheet digital assets.

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Assistance with menopause

Nadine is 47 years old and presents to her local GP with a nine-month history of night sweats, low mood, fatigue and sleep disturbance. She reports that her work as a community mental health worker has been very stressful lately and things have not been going well at home. She has recently found out that … Continued

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Refining mental ill heath diagnoses using the IAR-DST

Casey (they/them), 19, is a non-binary economics student who has recently moved from rural Victoria to the inner city for study. They present to a GP clinic for the first time for a repeat of their asthma inhaler medications. Apart from asthma, Casey does not have any other medical conditions, and takes no other medication. … Continued

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Exploring the Australian Government’s new National Lung Cancer Screening program

Case 1: A 48-year-old patient has heard about the new lung cancer screening program. He has been a heavy cigarette smoker for most of his life, and has quit in the past year with the help of his regular GP. He would like to get screened for lung cancer. Case 2. A 59-year-old patient presenting … Continued

Primary Care Pathways to Safety: recognising, responding to family violence in LGBTIQA+ populations (12 June 2025)

Join NWMPHN and the University of Melbourne in this session which will upskill primary care staff in recognising and responding to LGBTIQA+ people impacted by domestic and family violence. Session resources Presentation slides HealthPathways Melbourne slides

COPD and asthma – an update for primary care providers (11 June 2025)

Join NWMPHN and Western Health for an update on COPD and asthma management, aiming to unravel some of the confusion in current inhaled therapies. It explores the role of primary care to improve patient outcomes. Session resources Presentation slides HealthPathways Melbourne navigation video Australian Asthma Handbook COPD-X Plan Guidelines | COPD-X Revolutionising healthcare for people … Continued