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Gold Coast Health is committed to working towards improved digital correspondence. They have listened to feedback from General Practice and to help enhance their digital communications, General Practice will now see the following improvements: Endoscopy reports have been successfully converted for d...
As of 23 August 2024, the Drugs Misuse (Dangerous Drugs) Amendment Regulation 2024 (Qld) (the Amending Regulation) commenced. This regulation amends the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 (Qld) (the Regulation). The most significant change is the classification of new drugs as ‘dangerous drugs’ under ...
This information has been provided by the Gold Coast Public Health Unit. If you require additional immunisation support, please contact the Gold Coast Public Health Unit on 5667 3200 or GCPHU-CDC@health.qld.gov.au. Queensland Childhood Red Book update The Personal Health Record (Red Book) | Children...
The Gold Coast GP Collaborative (GPGC) has had an incredibly busy few months. We’ve partnered with the GP Liaison Officer and Healthy North Coast NSW to address GPs’ concerns about patient discharge from hospitals. Thanks to our ongoing advocacy, Queensland Health is now working to improve their...
Many General Practices have been experiencing an error message that is causing issues in PRODA when attempting to link the provider to a General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) patient in Health Professional Online Services (HPOS). See an example. The Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHA...
Subject to the passage of legislation, from 1 November 2024 there will be a revised structure for items for chronic disease management. Aside from the change in name to Chronic Conditions Management, existing items will cease from 1 November* including: GP management plans (229, 721, 92024, 92055), ...
This information has been provided by the Gold Coast Public Health Unit. If you require additional information or support, please contact the Gold Coast Public Health Unit on 5667 3200 or GCPHU-CDC@health.qld.gov.au. Hepatitis B vaccination for people at higher risk The following risk groups are NIP...
GCPHN is delighted to support the launch of the National Residential Aged Care Home Telehealth Training Program. In collaboration with 15 Primary Health Networks across Australia, this program aims to boost telehealth capabilities for Residential Aged Care Homes (RACHs) through comprehensive online ...
Dr Michael Pearcy attended the ‘Dementia in Residential Aged Care Forum: Navigating the Challenging Impacts’ event hosted by GCPHN in partnership with Gold Coast Health in May. These were his key takeaways from the range of topics that were discussed throughout the event by a range of speakers, ...
Call for Nominations: Aged Care Representative on the GCPHN Primary Health Care Improvement Committee (PHCIC). The purpose of the PHCIC is to provide the GCPHN direct access to a range of general practice and primary health care providers to provide advice on quality and operational activities in ge...
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