Would you like to improve your recall and reminder system for the uptake of the shingles vaccine in your practice?

We’re giving practices the opportunity to trial GoShare Plus, an innovative health promotion tool.

Background

The Shingles vaccine, Zostavax, is available free of charge on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) for patients in Australia aged 70-79 years. 50 per cent of patients in this age group haven’t received the shingles vaccine.

Aims

This pilot program will provide general practices an efficient recall and reminder system that sends preventative health resources by SMS to help increase the uptake of the shingles vaccine, Zostavax by eligible patients.

What will your practice receive?

• Access to GoShare Plus, an integrated recall and reminder system within CAT4, to generate a list of unvaccinated patients
• Functionality to send eligible patients an SMS with an embedded link to an information video, fact sheet and website
• Ongoing support from Healthily including online training and resources
• GoShare Plus license and the Shingles Pilot content bundle (valued at $129 – single campaign), and SMS credits for all eligible patients @0.25c per credit (2 credits are used per Shingles pilot SMS message)

What are the benefits for your practice?

• Enhance practice systems by utilising an efficient recall and reminder system.
• Improve the health literacy of patients
• Increase the uptake of the shingles vaccination for patients aged 70-79 years.
• Improve patient outcomes by reduce the risk of shingles amongst your patient population.
• Promote and maintain a culture of quality learning in your practice.
• Enhance patient-centred strategies in your practice.

How to apply

Download the application form for more information and to apply. Applications close at 5:00pm on Friday, 6 March 2020.

  Application form (.docx, 587 KB)

About GoShare Plus

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) is seeking to commission a provider to deliver mental health services to residents of residential aged care facilities in the Western Melbourne Region (Melbourne, Brimbank, Melton, Maribyrnong, Wyndham, Moorabool, Hobsons Bay Local Government Areas). 

Providers would deliver services to residents of residential aged care facilities who are experiencing mild to moderate mental illness, and  also deliver training and capacity building activities for residential care facility staff to increase their understanding of mental illness in older people and to enable them to deliver effective supports to residents who are experiencing mental illness.

How to apply

NWMPHN uses Tenderlink as its portal for all tender responses and enquiries. Tender documents can be obtained after registering though Tenderlink.

Visit Tenderlink and click the ‘registration’ tab to create an account if you do not already have one. Once registered, click ‘all current tenders’ to apply.

All communications and enquiries must only be directed in writing through our Tenderlink portal or by email to tenders@nwmphn.org.au

Tenders close at 5:00pm AEDT on Friday, 13 March 2020 and submissions must be fully received by this time. 

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) is seeking to commission a provider to deliver mental health services to residents of residential aged care facilities in the Northern Melbourne Region (Darebin, Hume, Moreland, Yarra, Moonee Ponds and Macedon Ranges Local Government Areas). 

Providers would deliver services to residents of residential aged care facilities who are experiencing mild to moderate mental illness, and  also deliver training and capacity building activities for residential care facility staff to increase their understanding of mental illness in older people and to enable them to deliver effective supports to residents who are experiencing mental illness.

How to apply

NWMPHN uses Tenderlink as its portal for all tender responses and enquiries. Tender documents can be obtained after registering though Tenderlink.

Visit Tenderlink and click the ‘registration’ tab to create an account if you do not already have one. Once registered, click ‘all current tenders’ to apply.

All communications and enquiries must only be directed in writing through our Tenderlink portal or by email to tenders@nwmphn.org.au

Tenders close at 5:00pm AEDT on Friday, 13 March 2020 and submissions must be fully received by this time. 

Would you like to be better supported to discuss alcohol intake with your patients?

We’re looking for general practices to test a new package of resources to increase brief interventions for alcohol use in general practice across Victoria. We will focus on ensuring the approach is most effective and acceptable for low-income patients.

Your practice will receive

• Support and resources to assist in the identification and management of patients with problematic alcohol use including;
  • Waiting room survey based on Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical Activity (SNAP) guidelines and readiness to change
  • Clinical information guides focusing on empathy, motivational interviewing and the role for nurses in managing alcohol use
  • Podcasts with GPs with AOD expertise on how to ask patients about alcohol and how to apply brief interventions.
  • Supporting pamphlets and posters
• Practices will receive progress reports at 3-month intervals (bar graphs and charts of % of alcohol status recorded)

Benefits of your practice participating

• Improve practice systems for identifying and managing patients with problematic alcohol use
• Improve patient outcomes by offering individualised advice to reduce health risks.
• Promote and maintain a culture of quality learning in your practice.
• Enhance patient-centred strategies in your practice
• Access to a variety of supporting material
• Enable the development of better methods and clinical resources for managing problematic alcohol use in general practice

For more information including eligibility criteria and to apply download the application form below.

Applications close at 5:00pm on Monday, 9 March 2020.

  Application form (.docx, 815 KB)
  About the REACH Project – fact sheet (.pdf, 3 MB)

Join the prestigious Eliminate C Partnership funded by the Burnet Institute.

The number of people suffering from hepatitis C in the NWMPHN catchment is significantly higher than in other metropolitan areas. We can help you to identify these people.

Treatment is no longer difficult but there simply aren’t enough people being screened and treated in our region.

We will support you to complete this structured quality improvement activity.

Benefits for your practice

• Your practice nurses will receive one-on-one training and ongoing support from leading hepatitis C specialists.
• Education and training from subject matter experts Associate Professor Joe Sasadeusz and Dr Matt Penn.
• Form relationships with local hospitals and experts at the Burnet Institute and Alfred Health
• Regular in-practice support to maximise your billing potential.
• Completion of RACGP-accredited CPD activity (formerly 40 category 1 points)
• Customised toolkit, data reports and support to help you screen for unidentified hepatitis C patients.
• Opportunity to share, network and connect with other practices involved in the Eliminate C Partnership funded by the Burnet Institute.
• Help to meet the requirements for the Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement (PIP QI) incentive.

  Application form (.docx, 1 MB)

Applications close at 5:00pm AEDT on Friday, 6 March 2020.

Applications are now open for practices to join the Doctors in Secondary Schools program at Footscray High School (formerly Footscray City College).

Adolescents need accessible, sensitive health care. This is a unique opportunity to provide care to young people in need, engage in your local community and build trust with the next generation of patients for your practice.

Download the form below to apply.

 Application form (.docx, 686 KB)

 What is Doctors in Secondary Schools?

 Doctors in Secondary Schools from the GP Perspective