Health systems and capacity building
An older patient gesturing towards his face to indicate a health issue while receiving care from a doctor or nurse in a general practice.

Do you want to help improve the quality of health care people receive from their general practice?

20 January 2022
NWMPHN
Health systems and capacity building

Measuring quality of health care in Australian general practice​: seeking primary health care providers

19 January 2022
NWMPHN
Health systems and capacity building

An update from our CEO on our advocacy for primary care providers

17 January 2022
Christopher Carter
Health systems and capacity building

GP unveils first 'no-touch' COVID-19 clinic

12 January 2022
AusDoc
Health systems and capacity building

GP-run respiratory clinics to open in Wyndham

10 January 2022
Star Weekly
Health systems and capacity building
A young boy being tested for respiratory illness at a General Practice Respiratory Clinic.

GP-run respiratory clinic to open in Brimbank

10 January 2022
Star Weekly
Health systems and capacity building

GP-run respiratory clinic to open in Hume, Whittlesea

10 January 2022
Star Weekly
Health systems and capacity building
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healthdirect Video Call COVID-19 GP program extended to 30 June 2022

22 December 2021
Healthdirect Australia
Health systems and capacity building

New PPE packages available in January 2022

21 December 2021
NWMPHN
Health systems and capacity building

First State-funded GP respiratory clinics open in Melbourne 

21 December 2021
NWMPHN
Health systems and capacity building
TV presenter Janice Peterson hosted the webcast launch of the new standards. Photo supplied by the Commission.

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

20 December 2021
Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan
Health systems and capacity building

A boost for IPC Health's social prescribing program

16 December 2021
NWMPHN

News from around our region

Victorian Government dementia funding on offer for Brimbank GPs

9 December 2025  |  Victorian Department of Health

Shared maternity care re-credentialing due now

26 November 2025  |  The Royal Women's Hospital

Input needed: GP referral pathways for workers with psychological injuries

26 November 2025  |  Dr Annie Jeffries (University of New South Wales)

Supporting nurses to return to primary care

24 November 2025  |  Nepean Blue Mountains PHN

Free perinatal family mental health support

18 November 2025  |  Drummond Street Services

Evaluating child mental health training among multicultural parents and carers

18 November 2025  |  Dr Shurong Lu (The University of Melbourne)

GPs: have your say on child consent to medical treatment

17 November 2025  |  Professor Claire Fenton-Glynn, Dr Fiona Hum (Monash University)

Free support for those affected by recent alleged sexual assault in childcare centres

17 November 2025  |  Western Region Centre Against Sexual Assault (WestCASA)

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