News
Business tip of the month: Nurse-led cervical screening
Deep dive: Electronic prescribing
Accreditation tip of the month: Screening reminders and preventative care
Social distancing during COVID-19: Q&A with Kings Park Medical Centre
GoShare licences for general practices
It’s time for the fourth wave of general practice
Treating basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma
On the inside
SafeScript will be mandatory from 1 April 2020: Facts for general practice
GPs and GP registrars: Give us your feedback for a chance to win
Designing health
New public hospital referral criteria launch 1 February 2020
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.
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