Resource Type: Publications

Network News (8 July 2025)

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Assistance with influenza

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A woman, 45, has booked telehealth appointments for her mother, 70, and her daughter, 10. They all live in the same house. The woman did so because she remembered seeing signs in her regular clinic asking people with respiratory symptoms not to come in. Her mum and daughter have both developed flu-like symptoms. She remains … Continued

Network News (24 June 2025)

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

Mental health service referral form: secure webform guidance

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Using secure webforms to refer people experiencing mental ill health to our referral and access team NWMPHN’s secure webform is a user-friendly online form that talks directly to the system that our mental health referral and access team uses to process referrals. It is an alternative to Healthlink SmartForms (for those using HealthLink-enabled software) and … Continued

Mental health service referral form: HealthLink SmartForm guidance

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Using HealthLink SmartForms to refer people experiencing mental ill health to our referral and access team GPs and other health professionals using HealthLink-enabled clinical software can use a SmartForm to refer anyone experiencing mental ill health to our mental health referral and access team. HealthLink SmartForms are secure and trackable digital referral pathways embedded in … Continued

NWMPHN Access and Equity Framework 2025-28

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Activating Equity is the refreshed Access and Equity Framework for NWMPHN. NWMPHN is committed to addressing inequities to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes of community members, especially those at greatest risk of poor health. This refreshed framework contains perspectives, tools and resources, making it a flexible guide for stakeholders and commissioned providers.