The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) uses the following terminology: An immunisation provider is the provider who administered the vaccination. An information provider is the provider who recorded the vaccination,...
General Practice News
General practices, you can help to eliminate Hep C by 2030
Hepatitis C is one of the leading causes of liver cancer in Australia, despite being a preventable and curable virus. Primary care practitioners can play…
MyMedicare: has your practice registered? Public awareness campaign begins February
MyMedicare: the new voluntary patient registration model is well underway. It’s voluntary and free to register your practice and patients. It is open to Australians…
Expression of Interest: GP Workforce Advisor
Sydney North Health Network (SNHN) is inviting expressions of interest from GPs with a knowledge of and passion for future workforce planning and GP training…
healthdirect Video Call COVID-19 GP Program extended to 31 Dec 2023
The Department of Health and Aged Care has extended the healthdirect Video Call COVID-19 GP Program to 31 December 2023. We encourage you to continue…
Cancer prevention and screening in general practice
Sydney North Health Network (SNHN) recently held an education session focusing on how to enhance participation of the eligible practice cohort in the national cancer…
My patient has cancer: is a clinical trial an option? New factsheet
This new factsheet raises GP awareness of the role they may take in encouraging their newly diagnosed cancer patients to be informed about clinical trials…
Are you a shared antenatal care GP, or would you like to be?
SNHN is currently updating the database of GPs who provide Shared Antenatal Care and are listed on the SNHN website. We want to ensure that…
New long COVID service and advice line for GPs
The Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) has recently launched the Northern Sydney Long COVID service (NSLCS): The service will provide coordinated care for patients…
Keep your practice disaster-ready: sign up for the RACGP Emergency Response Planning Tool
Sydney North Health Network (SNHN) is providing fully subsidised access to the RACGP online Emergency Response Planning Tool (ERPT) for general practices in 2023/24. SNHN recognises the important role…