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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
Is your practice registered with Provider Connect Australia yet?
New bulk billing incentives calculator released for practices and GPs
News from around our region
Asbestos Voices: help shape future research on asbestos-related diseases
27 May 2026 | National Centre for Asbestos Related DiseasesGPs, nurses and junior doctors: join the University of Melbourne's Practical Paediatrics online course
19 May 2026 | University of MelbourneWestern Health update: cardiology reports to be sent via Secure Message Delivery
1 May 2026 | Western HealthPaid GP opportunity: Help shape a new RACGP learning module
29 April 2026 | Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury AustraliaNorthern Health launches Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation across Victoria
21 April 2026 | Northern HealthSeeking GPs, practice nurses and geriatricians for falls prevention research interviews
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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.