Resources

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

Optimal Care Pathways for Prostate Cancer - Part 5/5: Questions

| Video

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) implemented the optimal care pathways (OCPs) for cancer across the region. This is part of the Victorian...

Primary Pulse Autumn 2018

| Magazine

Magazine focusing on the key issues and partnerships shaping health in the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network region.

Advance Care Planning brochure

| Brochure

Who will make medical decisions for you if you can’t? Advance care planning is a process of planning for your health care, for a...

Primary Health Network role in Advance Care Planning

| Guidelines

This resource was developed as part of a collaborative quality improvement project conducted between June 2015 and March 2016. The Victorian Department of Health...

Advance Care Planning in Medical Deputising (Locum) Services

| Guidelines

This resource was developed as part of a collaborative quality improvement project conducted between June 2015 and March 2016. The Victorian Department of Health...

Advance Care Planning in Hospitals

| Guidelines

This resource was developed as part of a collaborative quality improvement project conducted between June 2015 and March 2016. The Victorian Department of Health...

Advance Care Planning in General Practice

| Guidelines

This resource was developed as part of a collaborative quality improvement project conducted between June 2015 and March 2016. The Victorian Department of Health...

Advance Care Planning in Domiciliary Nursing Services

| Guidelines

This resource was developed as part of a collaborative quality improvement project conducted between June 2015 and March 2016. The Victorian Department of Health...

Advance Care Planning in Community Health

| Guidelines

This resource was developed as part of a collaborative quality improvement project conducted between June 2015 and March 2016. The Victorian Department of Health...

Advance Care Planning in Residential Aged Care

| Guidelines

This resource was developed as part of a collaborative quality improvement project conducted between June 2015 and March 2016. The Victorian Department of Health...

Aboriginal Health – form – Integrated Team Care GP referral (ZedMed)

| Referral form

GP referral form for the Integrated Team Care program. Please read this document before downloading Best Practice, Medical Director or ZedMed data forms.

Aboriginal Health – form – Integrated Team Care GP referral (Medical Director)

| Referral form

GP referral form for the Integrated Team Care program. Please read this document before downloading Best Practice, Medical Director or ZedMed data forms.

Aboriginal Health – form – Integrated Team Care GP referral (Best Practice)

| Referral form

GP referral form for the Integrated Team Care program. Please read this document before downloading Best Practice, Medical Director or ZedMed data forms.

Primary Pulse Summer 2017

| Magazine

Magazine focusing on the key issues and partnerships shaping health in the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network region.

Roles and responsibilities in advance care planning – full report

| Guidelines

This resource was developed as part of a collaborative quality improvement project conducted between June 2015 and March 2016. The Victorian Department of Health...

MBS remuneration to support planned palliative care - a guide for health professionals

| Guidelines

Planning palliative care will benefit patients with a progressive chronic disease, who have recent or persistent decline in their health and a positive response...

NWMPHN Financial Report 2017

| Report

This financial report covers North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network, providing formal records of our activities for the year ended 30 June 2017.

A pocket guide for new arrivals

| Guidelines

The Western Refugee Health Partnership published this pocket guide for refugees and asylum seekers. The guide is written in simple language and aims to...

Primary Pulse September 2017

| Magazine

Magazine focusing on the key issues and partnerships shaping health in the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network region.

A guide to making links (cross sector referrals) – for AoD, homelessness and mental health sector workers

| Guidelines

This document is intended to be a resource for workers in the AOD, mental health and homelessness sectors in Melbourne’s north and west. It...

Primary Pulse July 2017

| Magazine

Magazine focusing on the key issues and partnerships shaping health in the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network region.

Functions of a general practice nurse

| Information sheet

Outlines the functions to be undertaken by a practice nurse.

Orientation checklist for nurses new to general practice

| Information sheet

A handy checklist for practice nurses starting out in the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network region.

Aboriginal Health – flyer – Integrated Team Care (provider)

| Flyer

Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health pack designed to help general practices and health care providers to deliver better, culturally safer care to...