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…
General Practice News
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…
Lung Foundation Australia develops Long COVID resource
1 in 3 Australians live with a lung disease or lung cancer and Lung Foundation Australia (LFA) are the health peak body working to strengthen…
The NSW State-wide Referral Criteria website is now live and ready for use
What is the NSW State-wide Referral Criteria (SRC)? State-wide referral criteria (SRC) are clinical decision-support tools that give health professionals the referral criteria they need to refer…
Planning for a future GP workforce in Northern Sydney
Sydney North Health Network (SNHN) is consulting with general practices and the community to gain a deeper understanding of the current General Practice (GP) workforce...