Network News (4 July 2023)

Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne’s centre, north and west.

Quality improvement record – a template for practices

This simple and intuitive document makes it easy for you to record and review your quality improvement (QI) activities. It is also very useful should you ever be audited, as it provides a record of your participation in quality improvement. Completing the QI record can also assist you to meet the requirements for the Practice … Continued

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Roberta (she/her) is a 68-year-old Yorta Yorta/Gunditjamara retired council worker, who presents to her local clinic for the first time. She moved to Melbourne/Naarm recently with her daughter and granddaughter, who has won a scholarship to a local secondary school.

Network News (20 June 2023)

Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne’s centre, north and west.

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Alcohol and other drugs management

The GP first meets Tony, a 53-year-old man, when he presents at the clinic witback pain. The GP is concerned that he may in fact be seeking drugs of dependence, as he exhibits some behaviours of concern

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Palliative care

Ivy, a retired registered nurse, has been a patient of the practice for more than 20 years. Her current GP is new to the area after recently moving to Melbourne from interstate.  

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Assistance with family violence in general practice settings

Carly, a new patient, came into her appointment and asked the GP, who was running late, for a repeat contraceptive pill prescription. She seemed agitated and edgy, constantly looking at her watch. The GP sensed a problem and asked if she was feeling okay.

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Assistance in assessment of a toddler whose feet turn in

Angelina, along with her 3 children, George (2 years, 4 months), Thomas (4 years, 6 months) and Peter (6 years, 3 months), go to visit their GP for a consult. Angelina regularly goes to see her GP, mostly for minor illness presentations of her children. The same GP also treated Angelina’s post natal depression after … Continued

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Managing common Orthopaedic presentations

An 11-year-old male presents to his GP with ongoing pain and deformity over L) clavicular region from a fall sustained 2 weeks ago.

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Assistance with refugee health

Sahra and her husband Assad bring their 3 primary-school-age kids to see their GP. The GP finds out that they hold refugee visas and are from Somalia. The family’s primary concern today is their eldest daughter’s chronic abdominal pain.