Resources

These resources are useful for primary care professionals working in clinical or community settings.

Preparing your practice for the 2022 flu season (webinar held 31 March 2022)

| Webinar

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network and practice nurse Natalie Simpson-Stewart (Summit Medical Group) hosted this education session for general practice on Thursday, 31...

Evaluation report: Integrated Chronic Care Pilot

| Report

This report presents the findings from the final evaluation of the Integrated Chronic Care (ICC) service, conducted by RMIT University’s Social and Global Studies...

COVID Monitor GP user guide

| Guidelines

COVID Monitor is a secure, online portal that allows you to view all of the patients enrolled in the model from your practice in...

Topbar brochure for general practices and Aboriginal Medical Services

| Brochure

Topbar is a clinical decision support system. It’s designed to assist medical practitioners at the point of care – when they’re seeing a patient....

General Practice Update (1 April 2022)

| Newsletter

Latest news, CPD training, policy updates and more for general practice teams in the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network region.

Network News (29 March 2022)

| Newsletter

Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne's centre, north and west.

National Immunisation Program update 2022 (webinar held 22 March 2022)

| Webinar

This session was facilitated by Dr Peter Eizenberg. It clarified co-administration of COVID-19, influenza and other NIP vaccinations. We also addressed respiratory syncytial virus...

Primary Care Events Update (24 March 2022)

| Newsletter

Upcoming CPD webinars and events for GPs, practice nurses, allied health, pharmacy and other primary care providers in the NWMPHN region.

Needs rounds in residential aged care facilities

| Video

Explainer video produced by the North and West Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium. Monthly palliative care reviews rounds of deteriorating residents are conducted by...

Handover to residential aged care facilities – explainer video

| Video

A guide to supporting effective communication for residents with complex, chronic health care needs between the acute setting and residential aged care.

Network News (16 March 2022)

| Newsletter

Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne's centre, north and west.

Getting to know congenital syphilis in general practice

| Video

Sexual health is critical to the good health and wellbeing of patients, and so needs to be included in everyday primary health care practice....

Congenital syphilis: responding to the Victorian Chief Health Officer Alert

| Video

Victoria continues to experience an upsurge in syphilis in 2022. Sexual health is critical to the good health and wellbeing of patients, and so...

Getting to know gonorrhoea in general practice

| Video

Sexual health is critical to the good health and wellbeing of patients, and so needs to be included in everyday primary health care practice....

Getting to know chlamydia and Mycoplasma genitalium in general practice

| Video

Sexual health is critical to the good health and wellbeing of patients, and so needs to be included in everyday primary health care practice....

COVID-19 and influenza vaccination: Q&A for aged care (9 March 2022)

| Webinar

Christine Ferlazzo (project manager of the vaccine preventable conditions unit at North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network) hosted this Q&A session with Dr Wendy...

Network News (1 March 2022)

| Newsletter

Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne's centre, north and west.

General Practice Update (23 February 2022)

| Newsletter

Latest news, CPD training, policy updates and more for general practice teams in the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network region.

Using Pen CAT for quality improvement (webinar 16 February 2022)

| Webinar

  This session was designed to train practice staff in the use of clinical support tools (CAT4) for quality improvement and discussion support at...

Network News (15 February 2022)

| Newsletter

Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne's centre, north and west.

Network News (1 February 2022)

| Newsletter

Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne's centre, north and west.

My Health My Voice - February 2022

| Newsletter

Our community newsletter, My Health My Voice, will keep you updated about the work of North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN), local services available...

Network News (18 January 2022)

| Newsletter

Latest news, events, training and opportunities for our commissioned services and primary health care providers in Melbourne's centre, north and west.

Head to Health information for service providers

| Information sheet

Whether you’re trying to improve your own sense of wellbeing, looking for help with something that’s bothering you, or helping someone you care about,...