Network News (22 July 2025)

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

Primary Care e-Bulletin (17 July 2025)

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network sends regular email updates to general practices, pharmacies and other primary care providers. These include links to the latest advice for clinicians. Please subscribe if you are not receiving them.

Aboriginal Community Consultation Outcomes Report 2024

While developing its Health Needs Assessment 2025-28 (HNA), North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) commissioned the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) to conduct community consultations with Aboriginal people in the region. This was the first time NWMPHN had engaged an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation to collect qualitative data for a HNA. VAHS spoke … 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

Network News (8 July 2025)

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 – 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 e-Bulletin (1 July 2025)

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network sends regular email updates to general practices, pharmacies and other primary care providers. These include links to the latest advice for clinicians. Please subscribe if you are not receiving them.

QI toolkit: Improve hepatitis B screening

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) has developed a quality improvement toolkit to assist general practices boost screening and detection of hepatitis B among their patient cohort. Eliminating hepatitis B as a public health concern in Victoria is a priority goal to address the growing burden of liver cancer. Chronic hepatitis B remains undiagnosed … Continued