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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
Driving better care through the MedicineInsight program
21 October 2026 | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health CareJoin AusCAPPS: supporting better contraceptive and abortion care
21 October 2026 | Monash UniversityYour voice matters! Opportunity to provide feedback on education for secondary stroke prevention
20 October 2026 | Monash UniversityGPs needed for study on Alzheimer's disease in primary care
12 October 2026 | The University of MelbourneApplications open soon for Victorian GP dermoscopy program
12 October 2026 | Cancer Council VictoriaIntervention for adults with ongoing complaints after concussion
9 October 2026 | The University of MelbourneGeneral practices wanted for intellectual disability study
21 September 2026 | Queensland Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability and Autism HealthTell APNA what it's like to work as a nurse or midwife in primary health care - and win!
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We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.
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