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GP Views - Dr Jenny Geraghty, Dubbo
Dr Geraghty has kindly agreed to be our first GP profiled in this segment to capture the experiences and opinions of practitioners in our region. She has been in Dubbo Since 1990, which is a great place to live, raise a family and work. Since 1991 she has been a part-time GP with Dr Jane Weyand at Macquarie Valley General Practice. Dr Geraghty also job shares with Dr Ai-Vee Chua as a Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine at the School of Rural Health, University of Sydney. Additionally, she is a part time VMO at Lourdes Hospital with a special interest in palliative care and regularly assists WNSW PHN with education planning. This variety of roles has made her work enjoyable and many of these great career opportunities have come about form living in Dubbo.
One of the most important issues Dr Geraghty has worked on in her career was part of the Joint Investigative Response Team for Child Sexual Assault, which she job shared with Dr Toni Medcalf. From her perspective as a GP, major health issues in the region are child safety and protection, obesity, Aboriginal health and Closing the Gap. These are multi-faceted problems and GPs have an important role to play in the complex response and management.
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Inviting Applications for After Hours Primary Health Care Innovation Grants
Round 2, Tender Number: 20162
WNSW PHN invites applications for After Hours Funding Grants from suitable applicants able to undertake Primary Health Care projects in the After Hours period. Tender documents are available on the WNSW PHN Tenderlink portal via our website. Responses must be lodged electronically by 5.00pm 22 April 2016. | |
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WNSW PHN consults with GPs across the region
During February WNSW PHN conducted a series of GP and community stakeholder consultations in Bathurst, Broken Hill, Bourke, Dubbo and Orange. GPs provided valuable insights on the health priorities in their area and issues affecting practitioners. The purpose of the consultations was to inform a ‘whole of region’ annual needs assessment and planning approach to progress and better target unmet health and healthcare needs in the region. Some of the key priorities GPs identified in this this process include:
- Access to professional development and training including greater alignment with GP Synergy’s procedural/rural generalist training
- Continued workforce and systems support including joint work with RDN on succession planning, and assistance with joint primary/secondary patient risk stratification processes
- Support for improved communication between GPs, specialists and other key health professionals, including how clinical pathways might assist this, as well as assistance with integrated care oriented networking events and telehealth/telemedicine development
- A better understanding and ongoing discussions regarding how the PHN could best target flexible funding for better community outcomes and care delivery closer to where people live in such a large region
Thank you to all that participated for their valuable contributions. A report will be published on our website soon. Contact Steve Mann, General Manager Planning and Partnerships,
Email: steve.mann@wnswphn.org.au | |
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My Health Record Re-Launched
This week Practice Managers were sent an important letter about changes to My Health Record. This re-launch signals the start of a new era of faster, more effective and more efficient health care. To encourage GPs to use My Health Record the Practice Incentives Program (PIP) eHealth Incentive is changing from 1 May 2016. GPs will be required to upload a shared health summaries for 0.5% of their Standardised Whole Patient Equivalent count to be eligible to receive the PIP Digital Health Incentive each quarter. | |
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Mental Health Training for GPs
The General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration (GPMHSC) is responsible for mental health education and training for GPs. Completion of accredited GP mental health training provides GPs with access to higher schedule and additional MBS item numbers for mental health consultations. The GPMHSC is responsible for reporting GPs who have completed Mental Health Skills Training (MHST) and/or Focussed Psychological Strategies Skills Training (FPS ST) to Medicare Australia in order for GPs to access the relevant MBS item numbers. | |
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Palliative Care Resources Available for GPs
CareSearch, the palliative care knowledge network, funded by the Department of Health has developed a GP Hub to provide trustworthy palliative care information. These resources are chosen for their relevance and all have been written by a doctor and reviewed by GPs and palliative care experts.
Decision Assist provides a telephone advisory service for GPs and aged care staff, 24 hours / day, 7 days - Phone 1300 668 908 | |
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Successful Emergency Obstetrics Course
On 5 March the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine presented their Rural Emergency Obstetrics Training course at the University of Sydney, Rural Clinical School in Dubbo. Twenty doctors from the Western NSW region participated. The team of experienced instructors was made up of three rural GP obstetricians and three experienced midwife educators. Feedback on the “hands on” approach and level of instruction was extremely positive. | |
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Training and Events
WNSW PHN organises regular CPD events for doctors and health professionals. These are listed on our website. Upcoming events organised or supported by WNSW PHN include:
- Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Professional Development Forum – Multiple Regional Locations & Dates
- Rural and Regional NSW Prostate Cancer Conference – 2 & 3 April, Dubbo
- Dementia Care Cultural Workshop – 5 April, Orange
- An Update in Cardiology – 6 April, Forbes
- RACGP Undiagnosed HIV: not in my practice. Responsibilities as a GP – 13 April, Webinar
- Diabetes Update for Aboriginal Health Practitioners – 21 April, Parkes
- General Practice is 'Risky' Business: a Risk Management Update - 27 April, Dubbo
- Dealing With Depression in Rural Australia Education Workshop – 30 April, Dubbo
- RACGP Undiagnosed HIV: not in my practice? Identifying unlikely patients – 4 May, Webinar
- NSW Rural Doctors Network, New GP Orientation – 5 May, Orange
- Rural Emergency Skills Program - 9 & 10 May, Adelaide
- RESP / EMET Conference 2016 - 11 &12 May, Adelaide
- Understanding the Medicare Benefits Schedule for Rural General Practice – Online Course
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Contact Western NSW PHN
Dubbo Head Office - Phone: 02 6884 0197 Email: admin@wnswphn.org.au
Address: 106 Talbragar Street, Dubbo NSW 2830www.wnswphn.org.auWhile the Australian Government helped fund this document, it has not reviewed the content and is not responsible for any injury, loss or damage however arising from the use of or relevance on the information provide herein.
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