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New PPE packages available in January 2022

First State-funded GP respiratory clinics open in Melbourne

New safety and quality standards for primary care and community health services

A boost for IPC Health's social prescribing program

Is your practice ready for the Services Australia Web Services upgrade?

Health care providers asked to prepare for NASH changes now

Translating for healthy results

Free Emergency Response Planning Tool licences for general practices in 2022 and 2023

MBS telehealth items and the 12-month rule: FAQs for general practice

Melbourne’s health system needs to up its cultural cred, report finds

Cancer Mind Care, a new mental health self-help platform launches online

Referrals for the Vulnerable Peoples Homebound Vaccination Program
News from around our region
New perinatal mental health checklist available in 40 languages
16 April 2025 | Perinatal Anxiety and Depression AustraliaCalling all families with infants within 10km of The Royal Children’s Hospital
27 March 2025 | Murdoch Children's Research InstituteAPNA Festival of Nursing: abstract submission deadlines extended
25 March 2025 | The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses AssociationPractices invited to participated in the lung cancer screening trial
19 March 2025 | University of MelbourneSt Vincent's Melbourne now offering a rapid access clinic for hepatobiliary, upper GI and more
5 March 2025 | St Vincent's Hospital MelbourneUnstable diabetes? The RMH's Hospital Admission Risk Program is there to help
3 March 2025 | The Royal Melbourne HospitalSubscribe to receive our fortnightly newsletter
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