Practice Connect Newsletter

20 January 2022 - Living with COVID-19 - Special Edition 136

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• An update on the management of COVID-19 positive patients in WA for general practice
• Advice on booster interval
• Have you prepared your Living with COVID-19 practice plan?  
• General Practice has made a significant contribution to the vaccine roll out in WA
• MBS Telehealth Services from 16 January 2022
• PPE for General Practice and Pharmacy
• Resources to assist with your patients Frequently Asked Questions
• Wellbeing support for primary health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
• COVID-19 Test Isolation Payment
• Why should I have a Fit Test?
• VIDEO – Donning and Doffing in Primary Care Settings
• Co-administration of COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines
• Zostavax, Varivax, and ProQuad now available to order for regional providers
• Renew your NASH to maintain access to Electronic Prescribing and My Health Record
• NPS MedicineWise COVID-19 Hub
• COVID- 19 HealthPathways Updates
• Additional orders for COVID-19 vaccines 
• WA Primary Health Alliance stock redistribution
• Healthdirect Video Call COVID- 19 GP Program Extension
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

6 January 2022 - Edition 135

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• Living with COVID-19 checklist and toolkit
• COVID-19 Vaccine Stock Governance guide
• COVID-19 Vaccine Stock Redistribution - Increase in Demand
• Living with COVID-19 Webinars by Katrina Otto
• Digital Health Toolkit
• National Medical Stockpile PPE
• Changes to COVID-19 vaccine booster timing
• COVID-19 vaccine bookings for five- to 11-year-olds available via the Vaccine Clinic Finder
• Healthdirect Video Call COVID- 19 GP Program Extension
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

23 December 2021 - Edition 134

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• Merry Christmas from the Practice Assist team & Festive period trading hours
• Good News Story: COVID-19 Vaccination Collaboration
• Living with COVID-19 Webinars by Katrina Otto
• New MBS COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Incentive payment available now
• Ongoing MBS Telehealth Services from 1 January 2022
• Approval for the use of a ‘digital image’ of a paper-based prescription extended until 31 March 2022
• Healthdirect Video Call COVID- 19 GP Program Extension
• RACGP Accredited Training
• Vaccine Clinic Finder changes: Paediatric Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine
• Important Update on COVID-19 Boosters 
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Module Update– New Paediatric Pfizer Module Added
• COVID-19 and Pregnancy by Dr Michael Gannon
• HealthPathways Updates
• Paediatric Comirnaty (Pfizer) invitation letters
• WA State Government safe transition plan published
• Resources: Childhood and youth COVID-19 vaccination resources
• How to start a conversation about COVID-19 vaccines
• Reminder: Report all expired government-funded vaccines (Non-COVID) online
• MMRV vaccine supply constraint
• Adacel® (whooping cough) vaccine transitioning from vials to pre-filled syringes
• Registrations Open: Alcohol & Other Drug Network - A Project ECHO initiative
• RACGP Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Skills Training – Spaces Available 
• Communicare platform integrates with the National Cervical Screening Register
• Rural Bulk Billing incentives set to increase in 2022
• NPS MedicineWise update 
• My Aged Care face-to-face services now available
• More support for primary healthcare nurses
• Advice for GPs following release of ANU PFAS Study
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

9 December 2021 - Edition 133

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• Living with COVID – support for the primary health care sector
• Living with COVID in General Practice
• Good News Story: Helping practices undertake quality improvement (QI) activities with an online QI Tool Kit
• Handling consent refusal by people presenting for vaccination
• TGA provisionally approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5 to 11-year-olds
• Updated ATAGI clinical advice on the administration of seasonal influenza vaccines in 2021 as international borders open
• Letter of appreciation to administrative staff in COVID-19 vaccination clinics
• New COVID-19 Decision Tool
• New COVID-19 vaccination videos targeting youth and Aboriginal people
• Easy read COVID-19 booster dose resources
• Help improve vaccine safety surveillance in Australia - a short survey for immunisation providers
• HealthPathways Updates
• Carramar COVID-19 vaccination enhanced access and sensory community clinics
• COVID-19 vaccine stock redistribution process
• EOI for general practices wanting to join the COVID-19 Vaccination Program 
• Joint Statement Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) and the ACSQHC - Hand Hygiene Compliance and Medical Practitioners
• NCIRS Annual Immunisation Coverage Report
• Cancer screening rates down during COVID 19 Lock down
• Western Diagnostics Pathology Results in My Health Record
• NPS MedicineWise update – evidence-based, accessible consumer materials
• Last Chance to apply for our CALD Stakeholder Reference Group
• Year in Review Highlights – Impact, Innovation & Integration
• New Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items available now
• Every Moment Matters - national awareness campaign on FASD and alcohol use in pregnancy
• New guidelines to help GPs care for patients impacted by violence and abuse 
• Healthcare practitioner use of real time prescription monitoring tools in clinical practice
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

25 November 2021 - Edition 132

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• Helping practices redistribute COVID-19 vaccine stock to manage changing demand
• Caring for COVID-positive patients in the community
• Get a better understanding of the dynamic and evolving character of COVID-19 as a systemic disease
• GP COVID-19 Preparedness Survey – November 2021
• Let’s Look the Enemy in the Eye webinar
• WA State government launches: Keeping Culture Safe and Strong Vaccination Focus campaign
• COVID-19 vaccines mythbusters fact sheet for Aboriginal people
• Aboriginal COVID-19 vaccination rates by statistical area
• COVID-19 Resources: How the Delta strain of COVID-19 can spread in Aboriginal communities
• Access COVID-19 resources via WAPHA’s Trello boards
• Fact sheet: Transfer of COVID-19 vaccines between participating primary care vaccination sites
• COVID-19 infection in pregnancy poses a significant risk for mothers and their babies
• WA Department of Health pregnancy resources
• Online forum on Pregnancy, Fertility and COVID Vaccination
• How to boost Facebook posts to promote COVID-19 vaccine clinics
• COVID-19 vaccination dashboard added to My Health Record
• Connecting with communities via a Digital Health Roadshow across the Goldfields
• HealthPathways updates
• ATAGI 2021 Annual Statement on Immunisation
• Free course: Promoting participation in the National Immunisation Program (NIP) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Commonwealth-funded places for Nurse Immuniser course available
• NPS MedicineWise Regional Visits
• Request for GP engagement as part of the National headspace Evaluation
• Project ECHO AOD Network WA – Registrations Now Open
• Expressions of interest for CALD Stakeholder Reference Group
• Patient information sheets to help combat antimicrobial resistance
• Optimise self-management for patients with rare lung conditions
• Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
• The Guides to Best Cancer Care are now available
• Sexual Health Quarters (SHQ) Youth Sexual Health Clinic
• My Health in My Hands animation for young people
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and Training
• Other Webinars, Events and Workshops

11 November 2021 - Edition 131

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• Commonwealth Government support for General Practice Care for COVID-Positive Patients in the Community
• MBS Update - COVID-19 Management
• COVID-19 Managed Pandemic Preparedness Survey Invitation - closing date extended to Friday 19 November
• COVID-19 Boosters
• Reporting Adverse events following COVID-19 vaccine
• OAIC COVID-19 guidance and advice
• Spikevax (Moderna) expression of interest
• HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccination training modules updated
• COVID-19 vaccine stock redistribution process
• Updated COVID-19 resources for Aboriginal people
• National Cervical Screening Program update- expansion of self-collection from 1 July 2022
• Updated ATAGI advise on herpes zoster vaccination in older adults
• MBS update - Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• New Raising Healthy Minds app for parents and carers
• New interactive diagnostic tool for investigating symptoms of lung cancer
• NPS MedicineWise podcast - Talking to parents about the COVID vaccine
• Optimal care pathways: I-PACED cards for breast cancer and head and neck cancer
• NEW: HEART ATTACK animation or Aboriginal & Torres St Islander Peoples 
• 'Vaccination for our Mob' survey
• Supporting young people at risk of suicide: free training
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training
• Webinars, Events & Workshops

28 October 2021 - Edition 130

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• Good News Story: Lockridge Medical COVID-19 Vaccine walk-in clinic
• Special Update: Primary Health Care Worker Directions and FairWork resources for workplaces affected by vaccine mandates
• Why now is the time for ePrescribing
• MBS reimbursement for third doses of COVID-19 vaccines
• Clinician alert #68: 11 October
• General practices new to the COVID-19 Vaccination Program can be provided Comirnaty (Pfizer)
• HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• COVID-19 vaccine stock redistribution process
• Changes to the way government-funded vaccine orders are packed and delivered in the Perth metropolitan area
• Extension to the shingles catch-up program under the National Immunisation Program
• Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) enhancement - removal of maximum dose number for Bexsero®
• National Cervical Screening Program – important advice about recent changes to the clinical management of women at intermediate risk of high-grade abnormalities
• AusVax Safety – Summary Report 2020
• Nurse immuniser course recognition across states and territories
• BreastScreen WA is returning to – QEII
• The new National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards – What they mean for those operating in Primary Care
• NPS MedicineWise webinars
• Open Expressions of Interest – Project ECHO Steering Committee
• Invitation to participate in research project: Caregiving relationships in health settings
• Assistance with Closing the Gap PBS Co-payment registrations
• Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre – Facilitative Mediation for Older People
• WA general practices applying for a DPA classification can request a letter of support from WA Primary Health Alliance
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training
• Webinars, Events & Workshops

14 October 2021 - Edition 129

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• Good News Story: Successful Kununurra Vaxathon delivers hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses
• WA government announcement: Mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for primary and community health workers
• MBS reimbursement for third doses of COVID-19 vaccines
• Updated Australian Department of Health COVID-19 resources for Aboriginal people and pregnancy
• New refugee arrivals from Afghanistan are eligible for Medicare
• FAQs about COVID-19 in children and vaccines
• New resources: Auslan videos and West Coast Eagles Aboriginal Health Council of WA posters
• CALD resources for children aged 12 and over who can get the COVID-19 vaccine (languages other than English)
• HealthPathways Updates
• AusVaxSafety Data in 12 to 19 year olds
• Clinician alert #68: 11 October
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• WA Department of Health vaccine distribution update for regional providers
• COVID-19 vaccine stock redistribution process
• Public consultation - tuberculosis vaccination recommendations
• RACGP Resource: Preventing and managing patient aggression and violence
• NASH certificates are changing. Is your software SHA-2 ready?
• WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is seeking expressions of interest for GP participation in the PATS escort eligibility expansion
• Health & Wellbeing Equality Index
• NPS MedicineWise Educational Visits in the South West and Great Southern
• First Annual Report on Quality Improvement Measures in General Practice
• 2022 WA Rural Health Excellence Awards
• Applications now open for the Practice Experience Program (PEP)
• Applications now open for the RACGP Future Leaders Program 2022
• Central Referral Service - WA Country Health Service (WACHS)
• Royal Perth Hospital – GP Notify system out of action
• WA general practices applying for a DPA classification can request a letter of support from WA Primary Health Alliance
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training
• Webinars, Events & Workshops

30 September 2021 - Edition 128

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• IT STARTS WITH ME campaign resources
• COVID-19 vaccine stock redistribution process
• Patients with mild to moderate respiratory symptoms can be referred to GP Respiratory Clinics
• Spikevax (Moderna) fact sheet
• Assisting vulnerable patients with proof of vaccination
• Register now for Primary Care management of Myocarditis and Pericarditis following mRNA vaccines and latest updates on Spikevax (Moderna) webinar
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates 
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• How to get proof of your COVID-19 vaccination - flyers and posters available
• Reminder to record batch numbers for COVID-19 vaccines
• AusVaxSafety launches new-look COVID-19 vaccine safety data web pages
• Amendments to National Immunisation Catch-up Calculator
• Closure of AIR authentication files - 30 September 2021
• WA general practices applying for a DPA classification can request a letter of support from WA Primary Health Alliance
• Commonwealth-funded places for Nurse Immuniser course available
• Upcoming regulatory changes to nicotine vaping products
• NPS MedicineWise new topic - Anticholinergic burden: the unintended consequences for older people
• GP podcast series from Dementia Training Australia
• Closing the Gap Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Co-payment Program Registration Grace Period
• NSQHS Standards User guide for health service organisations providing care for patients from migrant and refugee backgrounds
• 2022 WA Rural Health Excellence Awards
• Help patients experiencing hardship to eliminate court fines through addressing underlying issues
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training
• Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile

16 September 2021 - Edition 127

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• Good News Story: 360 Street Doctor
• One million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered by WA general practices
• Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine available from Monday 20 September for people aged 60 and over in WA
• COVID-19 Immunisation Update Aboriginal Health 
• Reminder to check AIR before administering a COVID-19 vaccine
• Contact WAPHA if your practice has expiring COVID-19 vaccines
• How to get your COVID-19 digital certificate
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• Transition of immunisation providers to the Onelink vaccine ordering system from Monday 20 September
• Reconnecting Together - Socially Isolated program for older adults
• Supporting young people at risk of suicide: free training
• Commonwealth-funded places for Nurse Immuniser course available
• A Systematic Approach to Investigating Symptoms of Lung Cancer training
• Extension to Digital Image Prescriptions
• Have your say on the future of digital health
• WA Department of Health concerns about S8 prescribing
• NPS MedicineWise update
• WA GP Advisory Panel Expression of Interest now open
• Monash University KAP survey – LARCs and MTOP
• Have your say: Guiding principles for medication management
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training
• Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile

2 September 2021 - Edition 126

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• End of image based Prescribing
• No fault COVID-19 indemnity scheme
• WA Department of Health moving to Onelink as vaccine distribution and warehouse provider
• Updating practice hours on CVAS
• COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout eligibility updates
• Eligibility for individuals aged 12 to 15 years
• Reminder: Pregnant women prioritised and eligible for Pfizer (Comirnaty)
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• Spikevax (Moderna) mandatory e-learning module now available
• Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile
• 2021 second quarter childhood immunisation rates released 
• National Cancer Screening Programs - Communications Toolkit
• Register an activity for National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week
• WA general practice to benefit from new patient data storage and analytics platform
• Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Measures: National report on the first year of data 2020-21
• Dementia and changed behaviour: a person-centred approach
• Breakthrough PBS listings to benefit thousands of Australians
• Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for GPs - nationally recognised and available now
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training

19 August 2021 - Edition 125

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• WA GP Advisory Panel Expression of Interest now open
• Connect patients with free mental health care via the MH Connext program
• RANZCOG and RACGP urging practitioners to follow ATAGI guidelines related to COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy
• Western Australians aged 16 plus eligible for COVID vaccination
• COVID-19 vaccine resources for health professionals working within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• COVID-19 vaccine: Moderna Spikevax (elasomeran) approved for use in Australia
• COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility
• COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout expansion: How to get involved
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile
• Maintaining routine immunisation services during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Updated factsheet on zoster vaccines for Australian adults
• NCSR integration with MedicalDirector now live
• Supporting patients who have experienced trauma
• Medical Services Advisory Committee support expanding self-collection as a cervical screening option for all women aged 25 to 74 years
• Provide your feedback on the proposed changes to self-collection
• eLearning Module: Changes to cervical screening intermediate risk pathway
• Changes to chronic disease incentive program
• Consumers urged to see their GP ahead of changes to nicotine vaping laws (FED)
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• ​Health Promotion Events
• Education and training

5 August 2021 - Edition 124

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•  Practice Connect Good News Story – GP Innovation Grants
• Help celebrate the contribution of general practices in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout 
• COVID digital certificates on digital wallets, Google Cloud's data engine
• General Practice staff eligible for priority COVID-19 vaccination (with proof of employment template)
• Anaphylaxis training for COVID-19 vaccination providers
• Pregnant women prioritised and eligible for Pfizer (Comirnaty)
• Non-participating practices can still apply to join the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
• COVID-19 Vaccination Blitz as bookings open for 30 to 39s to 'Roll Up'
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• Post-vaccination safety in your facility
• -Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile
• New NCIRS web page now live: COVID-19 Vaccination – summary for immunisation providers
• Closure of Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) authentication files
• Hepatitis B vaccine brand and dose clarification 
• National Cancer Screening Register: Order a replacement home test-kit online
• National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
• WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network: Optimal Care Pathways
• Participate in the Pilot Study - Conversations about Weight
• National Syphilis campaign materials
• NPS MedicineWise Educational visits available in a format that suits your practice
• Grace period implemented for CTG PBS Co-payment Program until 30 September 2021
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training

23 July 2021 - Edition 123

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• COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Ways your practice can assist
• COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer (Comirnaty) for pregnant women
• MBS support for people affected by COVID-19
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are eligible for the Pfizer (Comirnaty) vaccine from 16 years of age
• Electronic prescriptions making telehealth easier
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• Upcoming Webinar: Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
• Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile
• Department of Veterans and their families during COVID-19
• Reminder: National Immunisation Program (NIP) funded zoster vaccination catch-up ends soon
• New ATAGI advice on zoster vaccines in older adults
• Upcoming Shingrix (zoster vaccine) Webinar
• Supporting general practice with the implementation of voluntary assisted dying in WA
• New Guides to support people to manage their diabetes in hospital
• Aboriginal patients must be registered with Services Australia database to receive CTG PBS Co-payment
• RACGP supports easier access to medicines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Online survey from UWA SAGE Lab and Department of Communities
• Ageism Online Learning Module 
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training

8 July 2021 - Edition 122

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• GP Pfizer Rollout Advice and EOI Update
• Vaccine Rollout Provider Bulletin: 5 July
• AusVaxSafety hits 1 million mark
• COVID-19 Temporary MBS items
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Checking patient immunisation history
• Immunisation details in practice software now available through My Health Record 
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health NAIDOC
• Digital records support preservation of bush medicine information
• Indigenous health checks and follow-ups
• Good News Story: ITC Outreach Worker
• Celebrating the achievements of the Health Care Homes (HCHs) Trial
• Voluntary Assisted Dying in WA
• Manage My Care app
• GP Care Coordination Payment expanded
• Treating veterans and their families during the Coronavirus pandemic
• COVID-19 Training Modules Updated
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• National Cervical Screening Program communication and impact on testing
• Updated guidelines for anaphylaxis
• Ending Rheumatic Heart Disease
• Provider Connect Australia
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training

24 June 2021 - Edition 121

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• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times for WA general practice teams
• Pfizer (Comirnaty) to begin rolling out to some GP practices from July 5
• COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination Timing
• COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant women
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• New MBS item: In-Depth Patient Assessment for a COVID-19 Vaccine
• Updated: Guidance on the use of PPE
• 2021 NIP Influenza Vaccination Program message from Department of Health
• Influenza Vaccination Coverage 2021
• Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Mandatory Reporting
• GPs at forefront of advance care planning
• CPD for General Practitioners
• Closing the Gap PBS Co-payment Program Changes
• Launch of the Manual of Resources in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention
• Veterans MATES: Tinnitus - help is available
• Young Onset Parkinson’s Exchange (YOP-X) App and Website
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Medicare Benefits Schedule Changes
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

10 June 2021 - Edition 120

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• Changes to State-run vaccination clinic eligibility for West Australians
• Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Through General Practice onboarding pack with new information
• Two GP Respiratory Clinics offering Pfizer (Comirnaty) vaccines to under 50s in Phase 1a and 1b
• New TGA advertising and inducements for COVID-19 vaccines
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• Important update for providers accessing the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR):
• Australian Immunisation Handbook tip
• New research: Time to lift uptake of flu vaccination in children
• Influenza Vaccination Coverage
• Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Forgotten but not gone
• Nicotine scheduling changes
• My Health in My Hands – Youth Animation Resource
• Purple Book review – GP input
• Evidence based online perinatal depression and anxiety treatment available to GPs
• Pilot participants wanted for new Lotterywest funded health and wellness program 
• Royal Perth and Bentley Hospitals – Outpatient Clinic Letter Secure Messaging to GPs
• Important changes to Gastroenterology ASI at Bentley Hospital
• Health Promotions
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

27 May 2021 - Edition 119

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• COVID-19 Primary Care Vaccine Rollout – Vaccinate WA
• Good News Story: Yarning session and kangaroo stew calm COVID-19 vaccine anxiety at Nidjalla Waangan Mia
• Targeted Expression of Interest (EOI) for General Practices (AstraZeneca)
• Transfer of AstraZeneca Vaccine stock between participating general practices
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• Resources for addressing vaccine hesitancy
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• BreastScreen WA advises patients not to postpone screening mammograms
• Technology brings better health care to one of the most remote communities in the world
• Continued funding for My Health Record
• Culturally Diverse Psychological Service
• Patient immunisation details now more easily available to healthcare providers
• Resources for GPs and consumers available on the NPS MedicineWise website
• Substantial drop in influenza vaccination rates
• Immunisation updates & webinars
• Update: WAPHA GP Innovation Grants
• Health Promotions
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

13 May 2021 - Edition 118

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• COVID-19 Primary Care Vaccine Rollout – Phase 1b Bulletin 10 May
• COVID-19 Eligibility Checker and Vaccine Clinic Finder
• GPs to get increased supplies of COVID-19 vaccines
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules
• Healthcare worker vaccination clinics – week ending 16 May
• VOC update (10 May)
• Scheduling influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations in 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccines Update - Resources
• In-reach COVID-19 vaccination clinics for residential aged care facility employees
• NCIRS Webinar: COVID-19 vaccine reset
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• Continued funding for My Health Record
• COVID-19 vaccination – Updated ATAGI guidance
• Webinar: My Health Record in Aged Care
• Budget boost to Rural Bulk Billing to benefit the bush
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Update: WAPHA GP Innovation Grants
• Parent-friendly influenza vaccination resources
• Scholarships 17th NIC 2021
• PC4 General Practice Circle
• Important changes to Gastroenterology ASI at Bentley Hospital
• Advance Care Planning (ACP) in general practice and supporting MBS items
• MBS items for 3GA Programs and MDRAP
• A guide for GPs to manage work related injury
• CAMHS ETS
• Voluntary Assisted Dying Act Update
• Health Promotions
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

29 April 2021 - Edition 117

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• Phase 1B GP Vaccine Rollout Update
• WA COVID-19 Vaccination program for health care workers
• Federal Health Minister update – telehealth extended
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training - update
• Billing of MBS COVID-19 Vaccination numbers
• Recording immunisation encounters in AIR
• Influenza vaccination during COVID-19
• NCIRS Webinar: COVID-19 vaccine  reset
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• How do we move towards truly consumer-centred health care?
• Update: WAPHA GP Innovation Grants
• Know Your Heart campaign
• 2021 Influenza vaccine orders
• NCIRS Influenza Vaccines – Patient FAQ’s
• NCIRS 2021 influenza factsheet
• AIR Handbook updated for 2021 influenza
• Australian Immunisation Handbook Survey
• Workforce survey to local primary care
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot Update
• The Health Workforce Scholarship Program
• Wellbeing support for WA general practice  
• Health Promotions
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

15 April 2021 - Edition 116

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• COVID-19 Vaccine Update
• WA thrombosis case
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 Vaccine Developments
• Increase in Cold Chain Breaches reported
• Conveniently access the AIR through My Health Record
• 2021 Influenza Vaccine Allocations
• 2021 seasonal influenza vaccines – eligibility through the National Immunisation Program (NIP)
• WAPHA GP Innovation Grants
• NPS MedicineWise Professional Education Virtual Visits
• Voluntary Assisted Dying – Update
• MH Connext Program
• Accreditation: 5th Standards Resource Guide
• Whiplash study
• Acute exacerbations of COPD
• Telehealth research study
• Extension of Telehealth Services & HealthDirect Video Call System
• Wellbeing support for WA general practice teams
• Health Promotions
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

1 April 2021 - Edition 115

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• COVID-19 milestone: Phase 1b vaccine rollout underway
• Update: practices participating in the Phase 1b rollout
• Access to COVID-19 vaccines for 16-18 year olds
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• New Resource on COVID-19 vaccines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
• Updated COVID-19 patient resources
• New Cancer Australia information on the COVID-19 vaccines for people affected by cancer
• Single source of truth for COVID-19 vaccine information
• A New Direction for WA Primary Health Alliance’s General Practice Support and Development
• WAPHA GP Innovation Grants
• 2021 Influenza Vaccine Allocations
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 Vaccine Developments
• COVID-19 vaccine safety surveillance
• Meningococcal B vaccination - a guide for healthcare providers
• Choosing Wisely from NPS MedicineWise
• Better Health, Together: High performing general practices
• Wirraka Maya Health Service & My Health Record
• New Doctor Training Scheme to boost bush GPs
• Extension of Telehealth Services & HealthDirect Video Call System
• Infectious Syphilis in Women Update
• $2.1m to support Australians with diabetes
• Multi-language radio ads to promote Indigenous health checks
• New DVA webpages
• Outpatient reform program
• GP Urgent Care Updates
• EAP for WA general practice teams
• Practice Management Workshop Wrap Up
• AAPM COVID-19 Webinars
• Health Promotions
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training

18 March 2021 - Edition 114

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• TGA response to AstraZeneca
• WAPHA continuing to support general practice to respond to COVID-19
• Extension of Telehealth Services & HealthDirect Video Call System
• My Health Record and COVID
• Digital Health Fact Sheet
• COVID-19 Vaccine Suitability Assessment Service MBS Item Numbers Factsheet
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 Vaccine Developments
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• 2021 Influenza Vaccination Allocations
• Influenza Vaccination 2021
• Immunisation Coalition’s 2021 Meningococcal Disease Webinar
• MedicineInsight from NPS MedicineWise
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot– MEDrefer DATA UPLOADS
• Shifting the paradigm – a holistic view of overweight and obesity
• Go beyond with Practice to Practice
• My Asthma Guide (updated)
• EMHS: My Outpatient Appointment Guide
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times for WA general practice teams
• Health Promotions
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Education and training
• Practice Management Workshop

4 March 2021 - Edition 113

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• COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update
• COVID-19 General Practice 1B rollout
• COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Checker
• New COVID-19 Vaccination resources
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Reminder
• COVID-19 MBS Vaccine Suitability Assessment Service
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 Vaccine Developments
• URGENT UPDATE Influenza Vaccine Distribution
• ATAGI advice on influenza vaccine 2021
• Referral criteria for Adult Community Mental Health Services
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Digital Health Services
• Secure messaging & the Central Referral Service
• Using ePrescriptions for health practitioners
• National HPV Vaccination Program
• NPS MedicineWise Adverse Medicine Events Line
• Metro Syphilis Outbreak
• Understanding experiences of telehealth care delivery for hepatitis C
• Heart Health Check Toolkit launch
• New Heart Foundation resources
• Veteran Health Education Program
• Phoenix Australia  Mental Health Hub
• Ngala’s Essential Services
• Perinatal Mental Health Program grants
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times for WA general practice       teams
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

18 February 2021 - Edition 112

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• COVID-19 EOI Vaccine Rollout Update
• New COVID-19 Vaccination Information pathway is now available on HealthPathways
• COVID-19 Resources
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Aust Govt Department of Health – COVID-19 Vaccination Training Program
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 Vaccine Developments
• Mobile-Friendly HealthPathways Login Update
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Immunisation & Cancer Screening Updates
• NPS MedicineWise: Heart failure – an active role for GPs and patients
• Make Smoking History Voice Box Campaign
• 2020 Otitis Guidelines
• National Asthma Council of Australia – My Asthma Guide (updated)
• Beyond the C: Hepatitis C Elimination in your practice
• EOI Neuropsychiatry and Developmental Disability Mental Health Sub Network Steering Committee
• EOI Forensic Mental Health Sub Network Steering Committee
• RPH: Are you receiving your GP Notifications of patient admission, discharge or death?
• GP Urgent Care Updates
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times for WA general practice teams
• ADHA Webinars
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

4 February 2021 - Edition 111

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• COVID-19 Support and Resources for General Practice
• Setting up a contact register – COVID-19
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 Vaccine Developments
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Program
• COVID-19 HealthPathways updates
• Out of the starting blocks: NCIRS webinars
• WA Bush Fire Emergency
• Disaster Mental Health Hub: Phoenix Australia
• APS: Guidelines of psychological support to people affected by disasters
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times for WA general practice teams
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Immunisation & Cancer Screening Updates
• NPS MedicineWise
• Changes to Antimicrobial dispensary labelling
• National Workforce Survey for Family, Parent and Child Mental Health
• PIPQI: A reminder to Practices
• Digital Health Team - Reminder
• Statewide Telehealth Service Desk changes
• NEW resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people  
• Veteran Health Education Program
• DVA Resources for veterans during COVID
• GP Urgent Care updates
• TADPole Small Group sessions
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

21 January 2021 - Edition 110

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• Australia’s biggest ever immunisation program – what you need to know
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 Vaccine Developments
• COVID-19 HealthPathways updates
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Practice Assist Resources - MBS items for care recipients in RACF
• Practice resources: back to school
• Active Ingredient Prescribing
• PIPQI: A reminder to Practices
• Immunisation & Cancer Screening Updates
• NCSR) – New Online Portal and Clinical Software Integration
• Wanted: Health Professionals in Mirrabooka, Balga and surrounding North Metro area
• Alcohol and Pregnancy ‘One Drink’ Campaign
• NPS MedicineWise
• GP Urgent Care updates
• GP Urgent Care Good News Story: Ellen Health & Canning Medical Centre
• Nominations LGBTIQ+ Stakeholder Group
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times for WA general practice teams
• TADPole Small Group sessions
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

17 December 2020 - Edition 109

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In this edition:​

• Good News Story:  Ensuring healthcare access in country towns
• WA Primary Health Alliance Practice Support Year in Review 2020
• Merry Christmas from the Practice Assist Team
• Practice Assist Christmas Closure Hours
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• New MBS items for care recipients in RACF
• COVID-19 HealthPathways updates
• South West syphilis outbreak alert
• BP error: Under-dosage of Benzathine alert
• NPS MedicineWise
• Immunisation Updates
• Research & Surveys
• DVA resources to support veterans
• EOI – Healthy Weight GP Working Group
• NHMRC – Alcohol Guidelines
• GP Urgent Care updates
• Better Health, Together – Stay Connected with Telehealth
• Nominations LGBTIQ+ Stakeholder Group
• TADPole Small Group sessions
• Setting up a contact register – COVID-19
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

3 December 2020 - Edition 108

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In this edition:​

• International Day of People with Disability
• Practice Connect Newsletter Feedback
• PIP QI: Update for participating practices
• COVID-19 HealthPathways updates
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Good News Story:  Whooping cough vaccination uptake for Pregnant Woman
• WA Primary Health Alliance Year in Review 2019-20
• Supporting LGBTIQ+ patients during COVID-19
• Regional professional networks build stronger, healthier communities
• Immunisation & cancer screening updates
• Best Practice Error Alert
• NPS MedicineWise app
• The RCH Paediatric Handbook
• New NDIS Resources for GPs
• General Practice Health of the Nation 2020
• DVA new-look Veteran Cards
• Telehealth commitment continues at RPBG
• Allocation of surgical masks
• TADPole Small Group sessions
• Virtual Classroom Sessions for Practice Managers
• Virtual Clinical Information System
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

19 November 2020 - Edition 107

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In this edition:​

• Practice Connect Newsletter Feedback
• New fact sheet for the NGPA Scheme
• APNA’s 2020 Workforce Survey now open
• Preparing for voluntary assisted dying
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Good News Story: Dianella Family Medical Centre
• GP Urgent Care Updates
• Immunisation updates
• Veteran Health Check Program
• Improving patient participation in Heart Health Checks
• Virtual Classroom Sessions for Practice Managers
• Virtual Clinical Information System
• NPS MedicineWise podcast
• Updated Spirometry Infection Control Information for Primary Health Care
• Investigating symptoms of lung cancer: a guide for all health professionals
• COVID-19 HealthPathways updates
• Physiotherapy in mental health treatment
• National Safety and Quality Primary Healthcare Standards
• EMHS survey response
• Allocation of surgical masks
• World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020
• Health Promotions
• Rural Health West events
• Education and training

5 November 2020 - Edition 106

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In this edition:​

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health NAIDOC
• Good News Story: Nidjalla Waangan Mia
• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet new sexual health portal
• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Updated Review of Kidney Health
• Practice Connect Newsletter Feedback
• PIP QI: A reminder to practices
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• National Safety and Quality Primary Healthcare Standards
• Feedback primary health workforce materials for National Cancer Screening
• National Digital Health Workforce and Education Roadmap
• WA Health Professionals Nutrition and Weight Management Training 2020
• My Body, My Health Toolkit
• WAPHA My Health Record Quick Reference Guides
• Beyond the C – Hepatitis C Elimination in Your Practice
• Immunisation & Screening updates
• NPS MedicineWise Quality Improvement Hub
• COVID-19 HealthPathways updates
• AAPM JobKeeper templates
• Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 – Implementation Update
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

22 October 2020 - Edition 105

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In this edition:​

• Additional MBS mental health supports during COVID-19
• Good News Story: Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 2020
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• MBS updates for October & November
• New mental health support service for culturally & linguistically diverse people
• COVID vaccine: Immunising the nation
• No Jab No pay raises catch-up rates
• SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development
• Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
• 2021 Influenza Season
• Being MedicineWise
• GP Urgent Care updates
• COVID-19 HealthPathways updates
• Palliative Care Predictive or Prognostic Tools (PCAT) Survey
• Have your say on eating disorder research
• ANU General Practice survey
• WA Rural Health Conference 2021
• Partner Education Grants 2020/2021: Applications now open
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

8 October 2020 - Edition 104

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In this edition:​

• Encourage patients to see their GP about Mental Health
• WA Mental Health Week
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times
• 2020 Pertussis Webinar
• Useful resource: Pneumococcal Vaccination Schedule Decision Tree
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• PIP QI: A reminder to practices
• HealthDirect Extended
• SARS-CoV-2 Testing Criteria #14 – 2 October 2020
• Extended: EMHS to improve communication with general practice
• Calling GP mentors in rural practices for the John Flynn Placement Program
• New Cancer Australia resource for optimal and timely investigation of lung cancer symptoms
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Information about HealthPathways
• COVID-19 HealthPathways updates
• WA Rural Health Conference 2021 Early bird registrations are NOW OPEN
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

24 September 2020 - Edition 103

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In this edition:​

• Extension of COVID-19 phone and telehealth MBS items
• MBS XML update for October now available
• Resumption of general practice accreditation assessments
• PIP QI: A reminder to practices
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Good News Story: Bone Health Matters
• HealthDirect Extended
• Extended: EMHS to improve communication with general practice
• Immunisation & Cancer Screening
• NPS MedicineWise update
• TGA recall action
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record Policy Requirements
• Goals of Patient Care documents in My Health Record
• RPH outpatient letter faxing
• PANDA Clinical Champions Call Out
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times
• Allocation of surgical masks
• RHW Health Workforce Scholarship Program
• The Death of a Colleague: Resource
• Heart Foundation – Heart Health Check Toolkit
• Cancer Council WA: Voice Box Campaign – Make Smoking History
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

10 September 2020 - Edition 102

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In this edition:​

• Today is R U OK? Day
• East Metropolitan Health GP Feedback
• PIP QI: A reminder to practices
• ePrescribing Update
• MBS September update
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times
• Ahead for Business digital hub
• Extension of Health Professional Disability Advisory Service
• Zoom GP Support Group
• Home-care guidelines for COVID-19
• Immunisation & Cancer Screening
• TGA support for drug shortages
• RPH outpatient letter faxing
• NPS MedicineWise update
• GP Urgent Care Network update
• HealthPathways update
• WACHS: Improved feedback pathway
• Nbn Australia Digital
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

27 August 2020 - Edition 101

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In this edition:​

• WAPHA: Resumption of face to face in practice meetings
• PIP QI: A reminder to practices
• ePrescribing Update
• New practice support resources: QI Register & PDSA Log
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Wellbeing support at hand during stressful times
• Immunisation & Cancer Screening updates
• Overview of Community Health nursing services available to parents
• Hepatitis C primary care study
• Help the EMHS to improve communication with general practice
• Royal Perth Bentley Group – Discharge of Outpatients
• NPS MedicineWise update
• GP Urgent Care Network update
• HealthPathways update
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Palliative Care Information and Support Line
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

13 August 2020 - Edition 100

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In this edition:​

• Celebrating our 100^th Edition
• Resource Library update
• PIP QI Reminder for Practices
• Additional MBS mental health COVID-19
• ePrescribing: update
• Encouraging CALD communities to see their GP
• Immunisation & Cancer Screening
• NPS MedicineWise update
• GP Urgent Care update
• HealthPathways update
• National breast implant recall – update
• APNA Disease Management and Healthy Ageing Education Program
• Practice Nurses can certify NDSS Forms
• PSR impact of COVID-19 on 80/20 rule
• Allocation of surgical masks
• WAPHA: EAP wellness program
• Health Promotions

30 July 2020

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In this edition:​

• Changes to Cardiac Imaging MBS Schedule
• Immunisation myths busted
• Update: Practice Assist Resource Library
• EPrescribing rollout in Western Australia
• Changes to Telehealth: stage seven update
• Latest Mental Health update on COVID-19 from the Deputy CMO for Mental Health
• COVID-19 public information campaign
• Planning for your future healthcare: Help shape the revised WA Advance Health Directive form
• CHIME GP Study
• Exercise is Medicine Australia (EIM)
• COVID-19 HealthPathway updates
• NPS MedicineWise webinar: Working together to enhance transitions of care for people with dementia
• Dementia Australia new and expanded services
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Updated advice on use of masks
• WAPHA: EAP wellness program
• Health Promotions
• Education and training

16 July 2020

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In this edition:​

• Continuous care with telehealth stage seven
• WAPHA: COVID-19 working arrangements update
• ADHA: Seeking communities of interest
• Medical profession and the community embracing technology and digital health
• Aged Care: My Health Record & ACP
• National Bowel Cancer Screening via My Health Record
• BreastScreen WA resumes
• Respiratory clinics, a vital front-line response to COVID-19
• See Your GP campaign: results
• CDCD update for immunisation providers
• Updated resource for NIP changes
• Services Australia update
• Veterans’ MATES Program
• New Type 2 diabetes handbook
• CAMHS Emergency Telehealth Services
• WA GP Invitation Survey of Weight Management Care 2020
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• HealthPathways update
• COVID-19 testing criteria tool for GPs
• GP Urgent Care: Update
• Allocation of surgical masks
• BeyondBlue COVID Support Service
• Disability helpline for health professionals during COVID-19
• Update: Practice Assist Resource Library
• WAPHA: EAP wellness program
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

2 July 2020

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In this edition:​

• PIP QI Reminder
• Update: Distribution Priority Areas
• Updated testing criteria
• Voluntary Assisted Dying Act update
• Perth GPs launch support video
• Update: GP Urgent Care
• National Immunisation Catch-up Calculator now available
• National Immunisation Program changes 1 July: what you need to know
• Enhancing data quality of vaccination encounter records: tips and tricks
• Initial Assessment and Referral Project
• WA Sexual Health & Blood-borne Virus Program: New contact tracing video
• RACGP: Unlock your practice potential with the Practice Experience Program
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Update: Practice Assist Resource Library
• WAPHA: EAP wellness program
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

18 June 2020

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In this edition:​

• Why general practices need nurses more than ever
• Update: GP Urgent Care
• Healthdirect Video Call update
• COVID-19 QI Prompt
• Update on electronic prescribing
• NIP changes from 1 July 2020
• National Cervical Screening update
• Enhancing vaccine data quality
• Respiratory Clinics update
• TSANZ Spirometry update release
• Release of the July 2020 MBS File
• Update: VPE Initiative
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• PBS Changes to Opioid Prescribing
• Community advice on the use of masks
• When to wear PPE
• Allocation of surgical masks
• HealthPathways update
• Update: Practice Assist Resource Library
• WAPHA: EAP wellness program
• New healthy lifestyle program for Midwest
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

4 June 2020

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In this edition:

• Working remotely, but still here for you
• The DETECT Snapshot program
• A message for your online booking page
• New multilingual COVID-19 mobile app: MyAusCOVID-19
• Update: Electronic Prescribing
• BreastScreen WA uploading mammogram results to My Health Record
• APNA Transition to Practice Program
• Pen CS release of Research app in Topbar
• Record flu vaccines in 2020 to protect Australians
• Safer Baby Bundle initiative
• Allocation of surgical masks
• New Telehealth Items for COVID-19
• Phase 3 of COVID-19 roadmap from 6 June
• HealthPathways update
• Annual updates on DoctorConnect
• COVID-19 Cancer Patient Experience Survey
• RACGP Awards now open
• Correct use of PPE
• Nominations: WAPHA Councils & Committees
• Changes to Genetics Services of WA inward referral process
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

21 May 2020

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In this edition:

• Six WA GP Respiratory Clinics Operational
• Encouraging your patients to attend the practice
• Immunisation education including free yearly updates
• Serious Shortage Medicine Substitution Notice: Metformin
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot
• General Practice Information Pack
• AIHW primary care nurses report
• WAPHA: General practice EAP program
• Guiding COVID Immunisation Principles
• Allocation of surgical masks
• Good news story: Practices adapt models of care to keep at risk patients safe
• NBN upgrades for telehealth providers
• AMA Medical Products distributing PPE
• All WA public pathology labs now connected to My Health Record
• $48.1M National Mental Health Plan
• New WA Health diabetes resources
• Keep Our Mob Safe campaign
• Adding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status to pathology request
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Baby Steps is coming
• Health Promotions
• Webinars and online training

7 May 2020

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In this edition:

• See Your GP – Campaign
• Free general practice wellness program
• AHPRA Telehealth guidance
• PIP QI Update
• PenCS Cat Recipes for COVID-19
• PIP & WIP updated Business Continuity Arrangements
• GP Advice: Fluad Quad 2020 Update
• Medicare changes to support the medical workforce
• GP-led respiratory clinic Halls Head
• Child Development Services COVID 19
• RACGP COVIDSafe Fact Sheet
• Latest GP Update on COVID-19 from Deputy Chief Medical Officer
• Nominations: WAPHA Councils and Committees
• Allocation of surgical masks
• What is ePrescribing?
• Digital CRC Telehealth Hub resources
• The Australian Immunisation Handbook mobile application
• Vaccination recommendations for pregnant women
• The Pilbara Health Professionals Network
• COVID-19 Telehealth HealthPathway
• NPS MedicineWise: Good news story
• BreastScreen WA metro resumes
• Diabetes management during COVID-19
• Lung Health Awareness Month
• Webinars and online training

23 April 2020

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In this edition:

• Allocation of surgical masks
• New changes to temporary COVID-19 MBS items and bulk billing incentives
• 13COVID helpline for your patients
• WIP Practice Stream May 2020 quarterly payment arrangements
• Updated testing criteria for COVID-19
• New rapid COVID-19 test for regional communities
• Supporting practices experiencing shortages of influenza vaccine
• New SKAI influenza resources
• PenCS CAT Recipes for COVID-19
• APNA’s Transition to Practice Program
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Disability Plan
• Asthma WA COVID-19 Fact Sheets
• Supporting mental health during pregnancy
• New resources for phone and video consultations
• NPS MedicineWise: Paediatric asthma
• Managing cervical screening during the COVID-19 pandemic
• MyDESMOND Type 2 diabetes resources
• Does joy in work matter during a pandemic?
• Webinars and online training

9 April 2020

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In this edition:

• Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile
• New telehealth platform available to all WA general practices
• Update on Practice Incentive Program (PIP) and Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) payments
• PenCS CAT Recipes for COVID-19
• Best Practice and Medical Director Software advice regarding the 2020 influenza vaccines
• Changes to the requirement to bulk bill COVID-19 MBS items
• GP clinics to get free NBN boost for telehealth
• Drive up vaccination clinics – advice for General Practice
• 2020 Government funded influenza vaccines now available for all eligible age groups
• Suite of Comprehensive COVID-19 HealthPathways now available
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• APNA – Telehealth for COVID-19
• BreastScreen WA temporarily closed
• COVID-19: Useful links and resources
• Webinars and online training

25 March 2020

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In this edition:

• COVID-19: New orders and reorders of surgical masks now distributed by post
• Expansion of telehealth services for COVID-19
• COVID-19: Telehealth soon delivering whole of population model of care
• COVID-19: Telehealth and MBS items update for rural GPs webinar
• New COVID clinics open
• Update: 2020 Influenza Vaccination Program
• Supporting your patients to access influenza vaccinations
• Supporting your patients mental health during COVID-19 through PORTS
• The Advance Project: Better primary health care through team-based initiation of advance care planning and palliative care
• St John of God Raphael Services: Improving access to free counselling for new parents in Perth
• ePrescribing fast tracked to help protect at-risk patients
• COVD-19: Useful links and resources
• My Health Record: online training and resources
• Webinars and online training

11 March 2020

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In this edition:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) General Practice Update
• Who should be tested or COVID-19?
• What should I do if testing for COVID-19 is required?
• What should I do if testing for COVID-19 is required?
• Who doesn't require testing for COVID-19?
• Communicating COVID-19 test results
• Notification of infectious diseases and related conditions
• COVID Clinics
• You can still order and reorder surgical masks
• Change in guidelines for N95 mask allocation and use
• Is your practice prepared for COVID-19?
• Further information
• My Health Record and Coronavirus
• HealthPathways: newly localised pathways
• Clinical update: 2020 seasonal influenza vaccines - early advice for vacccintion providers
• 'Get the Facts' - launch of the 2020 Childhood Immunisation Education Campaign
• How to manage delegations in HPOS
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

26 February 2020

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In this edition:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Mask Distribution Update
• Communities of Practice – Engaged Leadership
• Public consultation sought on recommended use of pneumococcal vaccines
• APNA 2020 National Conference Program announced
• My Health Record: Lab Tests Online – Explaining Pathology
• Rural Health West Conference: Practice Management Workshop
• AAPM Practice Manager of the Year
• Cancer Council WA: Cancer symptom campaign for regional WA
• HealthPathways: newly localised pathways
• NPS MedicineWise
• New RACGP Practice Technology & Management resources
• Telemed specialist services: Goldfields
• Department of Human Services: change of name
• Royal Perth Hospital – GP Notify email update
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Primary Care Reform Opportunities Dinner with Walid Jammal
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

12 February 2020

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In this edition:

• Coronavirus update
• PIP QI: Important information about submitting data when your practice has an exemption
• GP Urgent Care Update
• Workforce Incentive Program: update
• TADPOLE: Alcohol and drug issues in general practice
• Letter templates for cervical screening and follow-up
• Department of Health: School Based Vaccinations - New Videos for students
• New Digital Health Capability Framework for Nurses and Midwives
• WA Cervical Screening Provider Scholarships April 2019-2020
• Update regarding delegations to access the AIR
• Changes to how new vaccination providers access the AIR site
• Cancer Council: Optimal Care Pathways
• HealthPathways publishes 550 pathways!
• NPS MedicineWise update: Paediatric asthma
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

29 January 2020

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In this edition:

• Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV): Stay up to date with the latest information
• Mental Health Services for Bushfire Response
• Medicare Benefits Scvhedule: Revised 1 January updates
• Hedland Community of Excellence
• My Health Record: Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging Overview
• Changes to Aged Care Assessment applications
• Health Assessment for people aged 75 years and older
• HealthPathways: recently localised pathways
• Vaccine Updates email system changing 
• 2020 Immunisation Update Study Day: Northam
• NPS MedicineWise update: why not try a Virtual Visit
• Cancer Council WA: Find Cancer Early Information for General Practitioners and Primary Health Nurses
• Veteran Health Checks
• Youth Mental Health Masterclass
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

14 January 2020

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In this edition:

• PIP QI updates and reminders
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot: Third round of applications now open
• New RACGP resource: Measles fact sheet and checklist
• The Advance Project
• PBAC recommendation for the listing of multicomponent meningococcal group B vaccine (4CMenB, Bexsero®) 
• My Health Record: Streamlining your Assessment Webinar
• PRODA education for health professionals
• Accreditation tip: Updates for the new year
• Practice resources: back to school
• HealthPathways: recently localised pathways
• NPS MedicineWise: Update
• Cancer Council WA: Short courses and workshops - PaSCE semester 1 2020
• Changes to bulk billing incentives
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

18 December 2019

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In this edition:

• Transition to the Workforce Incentive Program
• Workforce Incentive Program: further reading
• PIP QI reminders
• Rural Health West: Professionals Survey
• National Cervical Screening Guidelines updated
• Department of Health: Email system changes to vaccine updates
• MBS Mental Health Services: more information for practitioners
• My Health Record statistics
• BloodSafe eLearning: iron deficiency anaemia resources
• NPS MedicineWise: Practice IV cannulation skills and improve management of patients with iron deficiency or cellulitis
• The Advance Project: Inforamtion sessions
• Hospital Liaison General Practitioner (HLGP): Expressions of Interest
• DRS4DRS: National Website Supports Medical Professionals Health and Wellbeing
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander: My Health Record resources
• WA Rural Health Conference: Beyond 2020 - health innovations
• Merry Christmas from the Practice Assist team
• Education and training

3 December 2019

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In this edition:

• PIP QI Payment Update
• GP Urgent Care: Launch of MEDrefer Handover and Evaluation eForm
• Department of Health: Preliminary Feedback - GP Survey
• HealthPathways: updates on eating disorders
• NPS MedicineWise: Virtual Visits
• Accreditation tip: referral letters
• My Health Record: Practice Nurse Digital Health Training Workbook
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Department of Veterans Affairs: New-look card shows veteran support
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

19 November 2019

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In this edition:

• Workforce Incentive Program for rural and remote areas
• Communication materials to promote pertussis vaccination for pregnant women
• Referring my patients to My Aged Care just got easier
• Accreditation tip: using data to improve clinical practice
• National Cancer Screening Register to commence supporting the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in November
• NPS MedicineWise: Virtual Visits
• The Advance Project: Information sessions
• Conclusion of payments for National Bowel Cancer Screening Program forms
• Heat Health
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

5 November 2019

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In this edition:

• Perth Measles Outbreak: Clinician Update
• Measles Outbreak: Could this patient have measles?
• Eating Disorders: Medicare changes and evidence-based treatments
• New Multidisciplinary Foot Ulcer Clinic at Sir Charles Gairdiner Hospital
• RACGP: New aged care guide - Silver Book
• Immunisation Handbook Updated
• Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation: New tools for providers and parents with questions
• Wellbeing after Cancer
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: Rural and remote health report
• Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: New guidelines for privacy in practice
• Department of Veterans Affairs: Allied health treatment cycle
• Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation: National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week 2019
• Health promotion events
• Education and training

22 October 2019

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In this edition:

• Perth Measles Alert
• Perth Measles Alert: Communicable Disease Control Directorate
• Perth Measles Alert: Clinic Resources
• APNA Workforce Survey 2019
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot: second round of applications now open
• Rural Health West partner education grants and financial support for partners of rural doctors
• HealthPathways: recently localised parthways
• Rural Health West Annual Photography Competition 2019
• National breast implant recall
• WACCPP: Cervical Screening Provider Scholarship Program
• Diabetes Telehealth for country WA 
• Diabetes WA: Baby Steps Pilot Program 
• My Health Record webinars
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

8 October 2019

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In this edition:

• Update: PIP QI & New Data Sharing Agreements
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot: second round of applications now open
• New Telehealth MBS items
• NPS MedicineWise update: try a Virtual Visit
• Headspace Joondalup: new drop-in space
• My Health Record webinars
• Coping with self-harm: a guide for parents and carers
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

24 September 2019

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In this edition:

• Update on new data sharing ageements
• PIP IDs reminder
• GP Urgent Care Network Pilot launches
• Air access flowchart for general practice nurses and staff
• RACGP General Practice Health of the Nation report
• The Advance Project workshops: new dates announced
• Shortage of Tc99m affects diagnostic imaging capacity
• New MBS items for GPs to address shortage of nuclear medicine scans
• Accreditation tip: practice equipment
• Rural Health West Annual GP Survey 2019 - now open
• ACRRM's Rural Emergency Skills Training course comes to Perth
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• My Health Record update
• Australian Association of Practice Management Courses
• GPaskthe question - FASD Hub
• Type1Screen - New diabetes screening initiative
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

10 September 2019

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In this edition:

• New agreements for WA practices sharing data
• PIP ID reminder
• Information and data security resources from the RACGP
• Latest Incentives News Update now available
• New RACGP fact sheet: online appointment systems
• MBS Quick Guide for September now available
• Head to Health website
• New immunisation laws: No Jab, No Play
• Better Health Program Term 4 commences
• Accreditation tip: triage
• New RACGP report: physical activity and nutrional counselling
• Chronic pain management project and survey
• Benzathine penicillin now available for doctor's bag
• RACGP webinar: syphilis in WA
• My Health Record update
• Indigenous HealthInfoNet eye health resources
• Webinar: improving outcomes in atopic dermatitis
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

27 August 2019

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In this edition:

• PIP QI update
• Shared servers, PIP QI, and data sharing
• Changes of practice ownership, amalgamation, and relocation
• What information will WAPHA provide to the Department of Health for the PIP QI?
• Reminder - new schedule for automated data extractions for WA general practices
• Recommended schedule for manual extractions
• WA Primary Health Alliance Immunisation and Cancer Screening education
• The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights (second edition)
• Consultation: letter templates for cervical screening recall and reminder
• LiveLighter calls for urgent obesity action
• Accreditation tip: patient identification
• Immunisation update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• My Health Record update
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

13 August 2019

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In this edition:

• PIP QI update
• Schedule for automated data extractions for WA general practices
• Recommended schedule for manual extractions
• Medical providers need PRODA to access AIR
• New RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health clinical audits
• Reminder for AHPRA GP registrations renewals
• The Advance Project
• ACRRM Mental Health Skills training
• August MBS Quick Guide
• Accreditation tip: ethical dilemmas
• Looking after your practice team: patient-initiated violence
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Immunisation update
• Headspace GP Active Learning Module
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• DHS News for health professionals survey
• Supporting communities during drought - resources
• WA Cancer Plan - consultation
• RHW Workforce and Skills survey
• Hepatitis Australia seeking collaborations for TEST CURE LIVE
• Participants needed for online prostate cancer tool assessment
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

30 July 2019

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In this edition:

• PIP QI update
• Data sharing agreements with WAPHA
• Maintaining updates for PEN CS CAT4
• WA Palliative Care Summit 2019
• New online bowel screening toolkit launched
• Public consultation on diabetes products subsidised under the NDSS
• New immunisation requirements for children
• Accreditation tip: understanding CPR requirements
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Immunisation update
• Overweight and obesity: an interactive insight from AIHW
• HealthPathways update
• John Flynn Placement Program is seeking new mentors
• Monash University study: attitudes to older person health assessments
• TGA's review of textured breast implants and preliminary outcomes
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

16 July 2019

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In this edition:

• PIP QI guidance released by the Department of Health
• National Vaccine Storage Guidelines Strive for 5 - new edition released
• South Metropolitan Health Service Outpatient Audit
• RACGP Green book: share your stories of preventive care in practice
• Do you know your Primary Health Liaison?
• New RACGP medication management guide for GPs
• New AIHW report: coordination of health care
• Accreditation tip: continuous and comprehensive care
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Accessing cervical screening information on the NCSR
• WA Healthy Weight Action Plan released for consultation
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and the Hajj
• My Health Record update
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

2 July 2019

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In this edition:

• New Health Workforce classification system
• GP resources for Heart Health Checks
• Development of draft Standards for residential aged care facilities
• Vaccine management obligations reminder
• National Cervical Screening Register update
• BreastScreen WA free mammogram service - Kelmscott
• Accreditation tip: Interpreter and other communication services
• MBS claiming for National Cervical Screening Program
• Royal Perth Bentley Group helping to boost influenza vaccination rates
• Measles vaccination catch-up guide for Australian Immunisation Providers
• Immunisation update
• RACGP awards: WA state winners
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• Best Practice error message relating to demographic details
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

10 July 2019

PIP QI Special Edition newsletter

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18 June 2019

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In this edition:

• Preparing for PIP QI with PEN CS
• Shared Debt Recovery Scheme: fact sheet and FAQs
• Type 1 Diabetes Education Event
• Launch of the South West Health Professionals' Network
• Co-design workshops for PIP IHI consultation
• Government funded vaccine for individuals at increased risk of influenza 
• Private market influenza vaccines
• DBTeen mental wellbeing skills group
• Updated Methamphetamine Treatment Guidelines
• Accreditation tip: costs associated with care
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• My Health Record update
• RACGP GP wellbeing survey
• Updated National Pregnancy Care Guidelines
• COPD Flare-up campaign
• Survey: chlamydia management in general practice
• Assessing capacity for patients with a psychological condition
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

5 June 2019

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In this edition:

• New RACGP Telehealth video consultations guide
• Emergency Response Planning Tool subsidised licences
• Heart Health Check MBS item
• CrazySocks4Docs day
• Latest Incentives News Update
• Reminder - collection of information in preparation for PIP QI
• Accreditation tip: relocation or change of ownership
• RACGP eHealth webinar series
• Posters available to promote HIV and hepatitis C video resources
• WA Mental Health Awards 2019
• My Health Record updates
• 2019 Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium
• Rheumatic Heart Disease: a case study
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

21 May 2019

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In this edition:

• Practitioners' responsibility to support public health programs
• AIHW Cancer in Australia and cervical screening report and resources
• Review of PIP IHI
• Collection of information in preparation for PIP QI
• New RACGP social medical guide and template
• 1 July MBS files available
• National Bowel Cancer Screening program
• Accreditation tip: Information about your practice
• Syphilis on the rise in WA
• GPCE Perth
• APNA Transition to Practice program
• ACNP National Conference
• WA Women's Health Conference
• ACRRM Ultrasound course
• Relocation of CAHDS
• The ORIGINS Project
• HealthPathways update
• How to yarn with older Aboriginal people
• My Health Record update
• My Health Record webinars
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

08 May 2019

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In this edition:

• Accreditation Tip
• New national 24 hour movement guidelines for 5-17 year old
• HealthPathways Update
• Free diabetes workshops for patient education
• The Advance Project
• NPS Medicinewise Update
• RPH Emergency Department (ED) – My Health Record in ED pilot site
• My Health Record
• Education and training
• Health Promotion
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23 April 2019

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In this edition:

• Bright Spot – Cuddle Beds
• Measles increase
• Updated measles vaccination in the Australian Immunisation Handbook
• Viral Hepatitis mapping
• $52.2 million to improve women’s health
• PenCS PIP QI
• NPS MedicineWise
• Talk more effectively to families about weight
• My Health Record
• 2019 Commonwealth influenza vaccination resources
• Australian Immunisation Handbook Enhancements
• Are your Vaccines accounted for in AIR
• Defining engaged leadership
• How to deal with difficult patients
• Education and training
• Health Promotions

09 April 2019

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In this edition:

• Workforce Incentive Program Update
• PIP Indigenous
• Changes to PBS Online payments over Easter
• Improve your team’s practice in treating older Australians
• The Advance Project
• Professional development Grants for Rural Health
• Cervical Screening Changes
• Post-assessment survey of general practice seeking accreditation
• Accreditation Tip
• Influenza and pertussis vaccination in pregnancy
• New Cancer Symptom Website for Regional People
• My Health Record
• HealthPathways
• Emergency Department Specialists, Supporting General Practitioners
• NPS MedicineWise
• WA Influenza Immunisation Program
• Education and Training
• Health Promotions

 26 March 2019

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In this edition:

• Incentives News Update
• QI PIP Delayed
• Advance Care Planning
• Medicare Fake texts, emails
• Medicare eLearning
• Raising Children - Patient Resource
• DBTeen: Mental Wellbeing Skills Group
• Accreditation Tip
• My Health Record
• HealthPathways
• Education and Training
• Health Promotions

13 March 2019

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In this edition:

• Shared Debt Recovery Scheme
• The Digital Marketing Guide
• Single Touch Payroll
• Cyber Security Grant
• Depression looks different for everybody
• Free Diabetes self-management workshops
• Heart Health Check MBS Item
• RACGP technology survey
• Legislation changes for health professionals
• QI PIP
• Patient Transport Model
• Medical Assistants
• DWS Map change
• Free access to glucose monitoring
• Accreditation Tip
• Australian GPs end Hep C
• Immunisation Update
• Bowel Cancer Screening
• Dementia Resources
• My Health Record Update
• Breathing Fresh Air into COPD
• Education and training

26 February 2019

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In this edition:

• AAPM Practice Manager of the year awards
• 200,000 reasons to get active
• Measles Alert for GPs & ED
• Eat Brighter CAmpaign
• International Women's Day
• Have your say on discharge summaries
• Accreditation Tip
• MBS Changes
• Heart Age Calculator
• Advocate for Vaccination
• Childhood Coverage Immunisation Data
• Conversations with Vaccine Hesitant Parents
• Vaccine Wastage Report
• My Health Record Update
• NPS Medicinewise Update
• Education and training

12 February 2019

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In this edition:

• RACGP Technology Survey
• National CQI Framework for ATSI patients in primary health care
• Online diabetes upskilling for health professionals
• Do you use a PKI certificate to access HPOS?
• Updated PBS education guides
• Accreditation tip – triage
• Medical devices patient implant card and device information leaflet
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations in Australia data
• National cancer screening programs participation data
• Royal Perth Hospital update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• TGA Advertising Reforms
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

29 January 2019

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In this edition:

• RACGP Practice Technology & Community
• Unvaccinated children to be banned in disease outbreaks
• Workforce Incentive Program
• Accreditation Tip: Seeking feedback from your team.
• The Type 1 Family Diabetes Centre
• Update National Cervical Screening Program
• Stop asking the wrong questions about Lung Cancer
• New NCIRS Website
• West Australian Child Development Atlas
• Get the Facts – Phase 3 Child Immunisation
• WA Health begins to upload Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging
• GPs' Readiness to Develop Technical Capabilities for Telehealth Medical Services
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
• Free Exercise Program Recovering from Breast Cancer
• Heart Foundation Health Professional Ambassador 2019
• How to treat Hepatitis C
• Country Women Grant
• ED4GP
• Healthdirect Video Call for free to GPs in drought-affected regions
• Education and training

18 December 2018

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In this edition:

• Managing emergencies in your practice
• RACGP fact sheet: Responding to online reviews
• DoctorConnect website
• New AIHW report on patient out-of-pocket spending
• Better access to mental health care for your patients this Christmas
• Accreditation tip – patient identifiers
• Essure contraceptive device: current status
• New 1 January MBS file
• WA PrEP prescribers listed online
• Palliative care resources
• Notification of data update - Best Practice
• NCSR holiday hours
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• Education and training

4 December 2018

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In this edition:

• Updates to the Practice Assist website
• Christmas schedule for Practice Connect
• Changes to the delivery of NASH PKI certificates
• Urgent medicine recall - DILART/DILART HCT
• EOI Hospital Liaison GP Rockingham Peel Group
• Accreditation tip – ethical dilemmas
• GPs and conscientious objections to treatment
• The Advance Project
• Referral periods from GPs to specialists
• New Aged Care Quality Standards
• New training requirement - yellow fever vaccine
• Autism Training project
• Notification of error generation - Best Practice
• Fiona Stanley and PCH update
• RPH update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

20 November 2018

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In this edition:

• RACGP Standards transition period ends
• Have your say on WA outpatient reform
• Improving healh record quality in general practice - a new guide
• RACGP Five steps towards excellent ATSI healthcare
• Medicare Benefits Schedule changes
• Accreditation tip – the spills kit
• Refugee Health Assessment template
• Notification of data updates
• AAPM WA Practice Manager of the Year
• Bentley and RPH updates
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Prescription stationery order forms
• EOI for sexual health training
• Preinatal and Infant Mental Health News
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

6 November 2018

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In this edition:

• National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week
• WA End of Life Choices
• Medicare Benefits Schedule changes
• Accreditation tip – reminder systems
• APNA National Conference
• APNA Nurse Awards
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Asthma News
• Royal Flying Doctor Service fundraiser
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

23 October 2018

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In this edition:

• Happy Birthday Practice Assist!
• Practice Manager networking sessions
• APNA National Conference
• Accreditation tip – providing home visits
• Immunisation update
• Expressions of Interest
• Medicare advice: bulk bill vouchers
• Calling regional carers
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• Draft National Strategies for Men’s and Women’s Health
• NPS MedicineWise update
• MBS Online
• Education and training
• Health promotion events

9 October 2018

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In this edition: 

• APNA programs for Nurses
• Western Austalian Primary Health Nurses Facebook group
• Accreditation tip - After hours care arrangements
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Changes to Legislation: Improved Medicare Compliance
• Alternative urgent medical pathways: GP input required
• Australian Cyber Security Centre Advisory: WannaCry
• New resources from the Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre
• Junior Doctors survey
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events

25 September 2018

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In this edition: 

• APNA Nurse Awards
• PIP accreditation reminder letters
• General Practice: Health of the Nation 2018 launched
• Accreditation tip
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• B4BA survey
• Royal Perth Hospital Orthopaedics changes
• Bentley Hospital Maternity Unit news
• Jean Hailes Presentation Library survey
• Asthma and Rhinitis Control Trial
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events coming up

11 September 2018

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In this edition: 

• Practice Assist survey
• AAPM National Conference
• August Incentives News Update
• MBS updates
• Accreditation tip
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Nominate for Regional Clinical Councils across the state
• Australian College of Mental Health Nurses free CPD modules
• Let's Prevent Diabetes WA program in the South West
• Are you currently a member of WAPNA?
• Dementia Awareness Month
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in September

28 August 2018

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In this edition: 

• New RACGP Standards for after-hours and medical deputising services
• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• Help us plan the perfect nurse network for you in WA
• RPH GP notify now operational
• Have your say on WA Sexual Health and Blood-borneVirus Strategies
• Do you or your practice provide care to patients in the last 12 months of their life?
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in September

14 August 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• My Health Record update
• Digital Health update
• Cervical Screening Scholarships
• RPH GP notify further problems
• Ending of Decision Assist 
• WAPNA membership
• PBS changes for combination therapy 
• Sepsis: Know the signs 
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in August 

31 July 2018

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In this edition: 

• Practice Assist update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update 
• Armadale Health Service ED notice 
• National Cervical Screening Program
• Emergency Response Planning Tool 
• The Severe Asthma Toolkit 
• GPs and alcohol use 
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• National Strategic Action Plan for Lung Conditions 
• World First Research for MS
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in August 

17 July 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• Cancer Screening update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• New Paediatric Respiratory clinic at FSH
• Emergency Response Planning Tool
• General Practitioners Survey: Youth in Mental Health Care 
• Share your views on dementia prevention
• Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Australia 
• Making Choices, Finding Solution guide 
• National Indiegnous Bowel Screening Pilot 
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in July

3 July 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• RPH GP Notify update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• New MBS rebate structure
• National Cancer Screening update
• Emergency Response Planning Tool
• RACGP Green book - 3rd edition 
• John Flynn Placement Program 
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in July

19 June 2018

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In this edition: 

• National Cervical Screening Program update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• GP and Allied health professional's guide to NDIS
• Bentley Hospital Maternity Services continuation
• Depression and Anxiety care
• Guide to Medicare for Indigenous health services
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in June

5 June 2018

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In this edition: 

• Royal Perth Hospital technical issue
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• Digital Health update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Orygen research study
• Depression and Anxiety care
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in June

22 May 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Digital Health update
• New codeine posters 
• Doubling of spirometry rebate 
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in May 

8 May 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update    
• Order your Prescriber bag supplies book now
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in May 

24 April 2018

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In this edition: 

• Practice Assist update
• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• ORS Psychology Service and Referral form update
• 5 Questions to ask your doctor or health    
• National guide to preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
• Education and training 
• Health promotion events in May 

10 April 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update 
• NPS MedicineWise update
• National Bowel Cancer Screening Program 
• Education and training
• Health promotion events in April

27 March 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update 
• New guidelines for care during pregnancy
• Severe euglycaemic ketoacidosis alert 
• Evaluation of end of life care 
• Perinatal mental health 

13 March 2018

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In this edition: 

• New Practice Assist Resources
• Changes to PIP Quality Improvement (QI) 
• Immunisation update 
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise udpate
• Community of practice for consumer engagement survey 
• Improving GP access for vulnerable populations
• Scholarships for WA nurses and midwives
• RPH preference update
• Intravenous iron infusions notice 

27 February 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• Restrictions to after-hours providers advertising
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Notifiable Data Breaches scheme 
• Rural placements medical students
• Find cancer early for GP
• Cultural awareness training
• Evaluation of end of life care in Australia

13 February 2018

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In this edition: 

• Immunisation update
• Cervical Screening update
• Digital Health update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• GP shared antenatal care 
• APNA nurse clinic resources 
• Participate in an e-learning intervention for chronic kidney disease
• Submitting medical exemptions for vaccination
• New webinar available 

30 January 2018

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In this edition:

• Immunisation update
• Bowel Cancer Screening Program update
• My Health Record update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update

16 January 2018

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In this edition:

• Accreditation tips
• Medicare Professional Services Review
• Digital Health update
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Local Primary Care Nursing Networks
• Human resources manual
• Recalls and Reminders
• WA Country Doctors’ Awards
• 2018 APNA Nurse Awards

19 December 2017

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In this edition:

• Accreditation tips
• Practice Incentive Program
• Digital Health update
• Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions project
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• 2016 Notifiable Disease Snapshot
• Optimal Cancer Care Pathways
• WA Nurse Ambassador program
• Asthma Handbook update

5 December 2017

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In this edition:

• Self-collected cervical screening samples
• Communicare changes name
• Implementing the renewed National Cervical Screening Program
• HealthPathways update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• National Indigenous Bowel Screening Project update
• Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)
• Screening and Identifying Chronic Disease in Primary Health Training
• Health Workforce Scholarship Program

21 November 2017

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In this edition:

• Update in the Medicare Benefits Schedule
• General Practice accreditation resources
• Accreditation tips
• HealthPathways update
• Digital Health update
• NPS MedicineWise update
• Choose Well campaign
• Rescheduling codeine
• National Indigenous Bowel Screening Project update
• Information Security Guide for small healthcare businesses

7 November 2017

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In this edition:

• RACGP Standards for General Practices
• Immunisation Update
• HealthPathways Update
• Digital Health Update
• NPS MedicineWise Update
• Expert Health Panel for PFAS

24 October 2017

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In this edition:

• Medicare Benefits Schedule changes
• Enrolled nurse survey
• Urgent medicine recall
• HealthPathways update
• Digital Health update
• Free interpreting service for GPs and medical specialists
• Medicare Benefits Schedule: Charging for consumables
• World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day - 15 November 2017
• New Medication Management App
• Telehealth survey
• Palliative Care in General Practice evaluation
• Education and Training
• Health Promotion Events in November

10 October 2017

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In this edition:

• Introducing Practice Assist
• HealthPathways update
• Digital Health update
• WA Child Ear Health Strategy 2017-2021
• Help available for GPs to support drug seeking patients
• Find cancer early - For GPs
• Education and training opportunities
• Health promotion events in October

5 August 2021 - Edition 124

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• Practice Connect Good News Story – GP Innovation Grants
• Help celebrate the contribution of general practices in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout 
• COVID digital certificates on digital wallets, Google Cloud's data engine
• General Practice staff eligible for priority COVID-19 vaccination (with proof of employment template)
• Anaphylaxis training for COVID-19 vaccination providers
• Pregnant women prioritised and eligible for Pfizer (Comirnaty)
• Non-participating practices can still apply to join the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
• COVID-19 Vaccination Blitz as bookings open for 30 to 39s to 'Roll Up'
• COVID-19 HealthPathways Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccination Training Modules Updated
• Post-vaccination safety in your facility
• -Allocation of surgical masks from the National Medical Stockpile
• New NCIRS web page now live: COVID-19 Vaccination – summary for immunisation providers
• Closure of Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) authentication files
• Hepatitis B vaccine brand and dose clarification 
• National Cancer Screening Register: Order a replacement home test-kit online
• National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
• WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network: Optimal Care Pathways
• Participate in the Pilot Study - Conversations about Weight
• National Syphilis campaign materials
• NPS MedicineWise Educational visits available in a format that suits your practice
• Grace period implemented for CTG PBS Co-payment Program until 30 September 2021
• Practice Assist Resource Library
• Health Promotion Events
• Education and training