Supporting timely access to abortion care – online module Access free online training, suitable for HPs, nurses nurse practitioners, pharmacists and social workers. This short online course provides foundation knowledge and skills to provide comprehensive best practice early medical abortion care and has been developed by the Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinical Champion Project, based…
Read MoreWestern Victoria PHN (WVPHN) is inviting general practices in our region to sign up for a free POLAR patient data software licence. WVPHN has a limited number of free POLAR software licences available for clinics in our catchment area looking to improve patient services and meet data submission requirements for Practice Incentive Payment – Quality Improvement (PIP QI) accreditation.…
Read MoreYou may be aware that the scope of Evusheld has been widened and General Practitioners are now eligible to prescribe and administer Evusheld for COVID-19. Tixagevimab and cilgavimab (Evusheld™) is a pre-exposure prophylactic medication available to prevent COVID-19. Evusheld is now available in selected community and hospital pharmacies for prescribing by GPs and Non-GP specialists…
Read MoreWVPHN is now supporting GP’s in Western Victoria to access the GP Psychiatry Support Line. The support line is a free phone service for GP’s to help manage the mental health care of patients. Psychiatrists support GP’s with information and advice regarding specific cases. This is not a triage or referral service. To request resources…
Read MoreThe Council for Intellectual Disability provides a suite of resources for people with intellectual disability and health professionals working in primary care. Some of the resources include COVID-19 resources such as a short video How to do a rapid antigen test from your nose. You can share these with your patients to help them better…
Read MoreWestern Victoria Primary Health Network has produced a series of Electoral Information Packs highlighting key health and wellbeing indicators for each of the five main Federal electorates within our catchment region. The packs include general demographic information of our communities such as population data, health status and risks and hospital admissions View the Electoral Information…
Read MoreThe CVS supports volunteers through a range of volunteering organisations to form friendships with senior Australians receiving aged care, providing company and conversation to people who may not get a lot of other visitors. CVS is a national scheme, with visits available to anyone receiving government-subsidised residential aged care or Home Care Packages who are…
Read MoreWestern Victoria PHN is pleased to partner with the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association to deliver a new Infection Prevention and Control Helpline. The free helpline is manned by two full-time division one nurses and supported by three infection prevention control specialists. It is now available to all Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations,…
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