General Practitioners
News, Information and Resources to assist General Practitioners
Updated MBS Flipchart
The Victorian Department of Health has produced an updated version of the MBS resource entitled ‘Summary of new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers: general practice and allied health’ about items related to chronic disease and mental health care for primary healthcare agencies. This resource is also known as the MBS flipchart. The updated flipchart includes new relevant items, changes to existing items and revised rebate amounts current as at December 2011. This useful resource presents summarised information on the applicability of relevant MBS item numbers to clients/patients and associated business rules in an easy-to–use format.
Summary of new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers: general practice and allied health
GP, Locum, Nursing and Allied Health Jobs in Victoria
Rural Workforce Agency, Victoria offers a comprehensive recruitment and placement service for Australian trained doctors and suitably qualified and experienced overseas trained doctors and nurses to work in rural and regional Victoria. General Practices requiring a Locum GP or any GP available to do locum work within the next six months should contact Angela Phillips at RWAV angelap@rwav.com.au
Alternatively, see the website for more information www.rwav.com.au
New Burns Clinical Practice Guidelines
Victorian State wide Burns Clinical Practice Guidelines developed by the Victorian Adult Burns Service (VABS) at The Alfred, in conjunction with the Royal Children’s Hospital Burns Unit are now available.
General Practitioner and General Practice Survey
Thank you to all who participated in the Division 2010/11 GP and practice survey. See below for the Executive Summary, if you would like to view the full results please contact
GP Web Portal
The Victorian Department of Health has developed a web portal for GPs that will provide quick and easy access to Victorian Government websites commonly used by general practice. The site will help GPs and general practice staff to more readily access information and resources relevant to general practice
Of particular importance to GPs the following subject areas were noted:
- Hospital surgery waiting times
- Immunisation information
- Notifications of infectious disease
- Drugs and poisons
Practice Nurse Support
News, Information and Resources to assist Practice Nurses
Continuing Professional Development (PDF) - A Guide for Practice Nurses
GPV – Nursing in General Practice Orientation Resources (PDF)
Education
AGPN – E-learning Orientation Program for Nurses New to General Practice
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Media Releases
International Primary Health Care Reform Conference comes to Australia – 20 February 2012
National Electronic Records System to Combat Abuse of Prescription Drugs - 17 February 2012
PrimaryCare Sidebar MBS Prompts Feature Now Available - 15 February 2012
