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National Advance Care Planning Week 2023

National Advance Care Planning Week 2023
The time is now National Advance Care Planning Week (20-26 March) is an annual initiative aimed to encourage us to talk about what matters most, regardless of age or health status, to make our future healthcare preferences known. Advance care planning (find more information here) is a heartfelt conversation and a personal statement that goes…
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Urgent Care Clinics EOI now open

Urgent Care Clinics EOI now open
Urgent Care Clinics EOI now open The Australian Government is funding 50 GP-led Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) across Australia that will ease pressure on hospitals and give families more options to see a healthcare professional when they have an urgent, but not life-threatening, need for care and are unable to access their usual GP…
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Flood wellbeing and resilience grants

Flood wellbeing and resilience grants
Flood wellbeing and resilience grants Since last year's floods, many people have been dealing with difficult memories and hardship by drawing on their own strengths, as well as the support of others to gradually rebuild their lives and achieve a sense of wellbeing again. If you are in the recovery process after the 2022 floods,…
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Palliative care clinical advisory panel applications open

To help improve service delivery and quality of palliative and end-of-life care in primary care settings, we’re developing a quality improvement toolkit with Gippsland PHN and Western Victoria PHN. Benefits Support the implementation of a data-driven regionally focused Palliative Care Quality Improvement (QI) strategy in general practice Be part of the change! Clinical panel members…
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Digital health grants for residential aged care facilities

Murray PHN is helping to improve access to care for people living in residential aged care facilities, with the use of digital health systems. Local residential aged care facilities who haven't previously applied for a Commonwealth Funded Telehealth Grant through Murray PHN, can now apply to receive $10,000 in funding for IT equipment or infrastructure. For more information,…
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Shepparton and Wodonga Priority Primary Care Centres

Albury Wodonga and Shepparton residents can now access free medical care for urgent conditions at new Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCCs). PPCCs have been established by the Victorian Government to relieve pressure on nearby hospital emergency departments. Staffed by a team of GPs and nurses, PPCCs assist people who need immediate medical care for non-life…
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New care finder program to help older adults in need

New care finder program to help older adults in need
The aged care system can be complex, and some people find it more difficult than others to navigate it, to allow them access the services they need. Murray PHN is pleased to announce the appointment of 12 local providers of a new $6.9 million care finder program across our region. The care finder program, which…
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GP Grants Program

General practices, including medical clinics within Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHOs) will be asked to apply for one off grants up to $50,000. Grants will be distributed through PHNs and can be used for innovation, training, capital works to improve digital health capability, infection prevention and accreditation. The Department of Health and Aged Care…
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Releasing our 2022 Report to the Community

Releasing our 2022 Report to the Community
Murray PHN is pleased to present its seventh Report to the Community, which this year examines our wide-ranging activity in primary healthcare, including workforce challenges and innovative projects to increase the mental health and resilience of people living in aged care homes, and in our 2019-20 bushfire affected areas. Continuing challenges have included the impact of recent flood events,…
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New report on Primary Healthcare Workforce

New report on Primary Healthcare Workforce
With increasing pressure on rural and regional health services, Murray PHN has released a detailed report on 24 November 2022, that looks at Primary Healthcare Workforce. Recent royal commissions and government inquiries have shown that Australia is facing issues with out-of-pocket costs, availability and equitable access to person-centred, integrated care, in particular in rural and…
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