These resources are useful for primary care professionals working in clinical or community settings.
Responsive mental health assessment and support for multicultural consumers - report
What can be done to boost culturally appropriate mental health assessment and care? In 2023 NWMPHN partnered with Ascot Vale mental health service providers...
In-Touch Initiative Final Report July 2024 - February 2025
Over the past five years, Carers Victoria funded by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) has developed, trialled and delivered the online Carer...
Community Participation: 1 January to 30 June 2025
NWMPHN’s Community Participation Plan 2024-2026 outlines our approach, and how we will strive to bring about our vision of ‘a healthy people and a healthy community’....
QI toolkit: Chronic Condition Management
The Chronic Conditions Management (CCM) quality improvement (QI) toolkit provides a practical guide to help general practices implement continuous QI activities for managing chronic...
Allied health practice engagement toolkit
This toolkit, developed by Primary Health Networks, is designed to support allied health professionals in navigating the complexities of the local health care systems,...
Network News (22 July 2025)
Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne’s centre, north and west.
Accreditation - common non-conformances in RACGP accreditation and how to prepare for them (17 July 2025)
Join NWMPHN and QIP consulting in a session that explores the most common areas of non-compliance identified during RACGP accreditation assessments and provides practical...
Primary Care e-Bulletin (17 July 2025)
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network sends regular email updates to general practices, pharmacies and other primary care providers. These include links to the...
Aboriginal Community Consultation Outcomes Report 2024
While developing its Health Needs Assessment 2025-28 (HNA), North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) commissioned the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) to conduct...
National Lung Cancer Screening Program – Healthcare provider toolkit collection
This toolkit published by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing supports health care providers and the health support workforce to provide...
HealthPathways Melbourne case study - Assistance with menopause
Nadine is 47 years old and presents to her local GP with a nine-month history of night sweats, low mood, fatigue and sleep disturbance....
Network News (8 July 2025)
Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne’s centre, north and west.
Victoria's Multicultural Review 2025: NWMPHN submission
NWMPHN prepared this submission for Victoria’s Multicultural Review in June 2025.
HealthPathways Melbourne case study - Refining mental ill heath diagnoses using the IAR-DST
Casey (they/them), 19, is a non-binary economics student who has recently moved from rural Victoria to the inner city for study. They present to...
HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Exploring the Australian Government’s new National Lung Cancer Screening program
Case 1: A 48-year-old patient has heard about the new lung cancer screening program. He has been a heavy cigarette smoker for most of...
Primary Care e-Bulletin (1 July 2025)
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network sends regular email updates to general practices, pharmacies and other primary care providers. These include links to the...
QI toolkit: Improve hepatitis B screening
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) has developed a quality improvement toolkit to assist general practices boost screening and detection of hepatitis B...
HealthPathways Melbourne case study – Assistance with influenza
A woman, 45, has booked telehealth appointments for her mother, 70, and her daughter, 10. They all live in the same house. The woman...
Network News (24 June 2025)
Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne’s centre, north and west.
Mental health service referral form: secure webform guidance
Using secure webforms to refer people experiencing mental ill health to our referral and access team NWMPHN’s secure webform is a user-friendly online form...
Mental health service referral form: HealthLink SmartForm guidance
Using HealthLink SmartForms to refer people experiencing mental ill health to our referral and access team GPs and other health professionals using HealthLink-enabled clinical...
Primary Care Pathways to Safety: recognising, responding to family violence in LGBTIQA+ populations (12 June 2025)
Join NWMPHN and the University of Melbourne in this session which will upskill primary care staff in recognising and responding to LGBTIQA+ people impacted...
COPD and asthma - an update for primary care providers (11 June 2025)
Join NWMPHN and Western Health for an update on COPD and asthma management, aiming to unravel some of the confusion in current inhaled therapies....
NWMPHN Access and Equity Framework 2025-28
Activating Equity is the refreshed Access and Equity Framework for NWMPHN. NWMPHN is committed to addressing inequities to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes of...
