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Codesign in action: building the Health Care Neighbourhood together
Changes from 1 November: Bulk Billing Incentives and Better Access Initiative
Statewide referral criteria - new suite of children’s ophthalmology conditions
Statewide referral criteria - new suite of children’s surgery conditions
New Better Access Mental Health MBS User Guide now available
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program updates
Has it been a year already? Read our latest annual report
No judgement, no appointment: offering STI testing in high school
New menopause MBS items: what GPs need to know
Fly high with Puffin for your GPACI reporting
New bulk billing incentives calculator released for practices and GPs
Is your practice registered with Provider Connect Australia yet?
News from around our region
Survey of prescribing practices for patients of childbearing potential taking antiseizure medications (ASMs)
15 January 2026 | University of MelbourneHelp improve medicine safety in Australia: join a Monash University study
13 January 2026 | Monash UniversityDecommissioning of the NPS MedicineWise and Doctor’s Bag mobile applications
12 January 2026 | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health CarePre-travel consult? Make measles immunity a priority
23 December 2025 | North Eastern Public Health UnitVictorian Government dementia funding on offer for Brimbank GPs
9 December 2025 | Victorian Department of HealthReferrals for children newly diagnosed with diabetes into Western Health ambulatory clinic
27 November 2025 | Western HealthSubscribe to receive our fortnightly newsletter
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We acknowledge the people of the Kulin nations as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our work in the community takes place. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.
While the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has contributed to the funding of this website, the information on this website does not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government and is not advice that is provided, or information that is endorsed, by the Australian Government. The Australian Government is not responsible in negligence or otherwise for any injury, loss or damage however arising from the use of or reliance on the information provided on this website.