QI toolkit: Chronic Condition Management

The Chronic Conditions Management (CCM) quality improvement (QI) toolkit provides a practical guide to help general practices implement continuous QI activities for managing chronic conditions. It supports primary care teams in delivering structured, proactive and person-centred care – enhancing continuity, improving patient outcomes, and increasing efficiency. The toolkit aligns with the revised CCM Medicare Benefits … Continued

Allied health practice engagement toolkit

This toolkit, developed by Primary Health Networks, is designed to support allied health professionals in navigating the complexities of the local health care systems, enhancing care delivery and strengthening allied health practices. It serves as a vital resource, offering key insights, practical tools and educational opportunities to enhance both patient care and business management. The … Continued

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

Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool – Action Plan Template

This template is part of the Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool for services commissioned by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network. It can be used to develop a service’s cultural responsiveness action plan. Download the document in PDF or Word (.docx) formats. It should be used in conjunction with the other resources in this collection.   … Continued

Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool – Implementation Guide

The Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool has been developed for use by primary health care providers commissioned by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN). This guide includes step-by-step instructions on how to complete the assessment process, as well as a description of the 10 Indicators and links to other resources. It should be used in … Continued

Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool – Review Template

This template is part of the Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool for services commissioned by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network. It can be used to review a service’s quality improvement process in cultural responsiveness. Download the document in PDF or Word (.docx) formats. It should be used in conjunction with the other resources in this … Continued

Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool

The Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool has been developed for use by primary health care providers commissioned by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN). This document can be used to assess and record your service’s current levels of cultural responsiveness. Download the document in PDF or Word (.docx) formats. It should be used in conjunction … Continued

Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool – all documents

The Cultural Responsiveness Assessment Tool (CRAT) has been developed for use by primary health care providers commissioned by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN). The Tool is designed to support NWMPHN’s commissioned services to provide culturally responsive and accessible primary health care services and to improve equity and cultural safety for consumers from culturally … Continued

Cancer screening resource kit for primary care

The Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer (ACPCC) and NWMPHN have collaborated to develop an online Cancer Screening Resource Kit for Primary Care, with the aim of providing an easily accessible resource for primary care clinicians. The ACPCC and NWMPHN partnered with a number of other organisations (including BreastScreen Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria, … Continued

NWMPHN Aboriginal Engagement Guide

The Aboriginal Engagement Guide has been developed as an activity of North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network’s Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2021–23. The plan has been developed to support these 3 objectives: Build the capacity of our staff to develop and maintain relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations in a respectful, … Continued