GP News

Australia is looking to eliminate cervical cancer in the near future thanks to the National HPV vaccination program and recent changes to the National Cervical Screening Program

An analysis of the NEW Cancer Council of Australia (2017) Guidelines Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer, has identified changes particularly in relation to how family history impacts screening regimens.

In January 2017, the first stage of our PCMH program started with 10 general practices in the region. The program has progressed and we will move to the second stage in 2019. To learn more about the experience of other practices we encourage you to attend our 29 Nov 2018 event in Chatswood.

Yourside created a checklist to use when communicating with patients or aged care residents from another culture. It covers all information which would be relevant when communicating with someone from another culture.

Two scheduled Advance Care Planning seminars in Brisbane and Adelaide. The target audience is people working in health services, residential aged care and primary care….

Final preparations are underway ahead of the opening of the new Northern Beaches Hospital on 30 October.

With the opt-out period for My Health Record finishing on 15 November, GPs and practices may be asked by patients for more information.

The GP Psychiatry Support Line now has over 500 registrations, and have helped over 100 GPs in managing mental health consumers in Primary Care.

Royal North Shore Hospital Healthy Weight Service runs two clinics to help improve health outcomes for obese patients.

Following the success of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination program and the changes to the National Cervical Screening Program, we are on track to being the first country in the world to achieve this.