Primary care resources
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National Roadmap for Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disability – Annual progress report 2023 – Easy ReadReportThis Easy Read is about what we are doing to improve health care for people with intellectual disability.
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Autism Health Roadmap co-design projectReportThis report, by Autism CRC, is the result of a co-design project to inform the development of the Autism Health Roadmap. It contains 25 recommendations.
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Health Roadmap Working Group meeting summaries – Meeting 4 and 5 summaryMeeting minutesThis document summarises the meetings of the Health Roadmap Working Group held on 22 February 2024 and meeting 5 was held on 7 March 2024.
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Health Roadmap Working Group meeting summaries – Meeting 6 summaryMeeting minutesThis document summarises the meetings of the Health Roadmap Working Group.
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Allied Health Industry Reference Group – Summary of outcomes – 4 June 2024Meeting minutesThis publication provides key information from the 11th meeting of the Allied Health Industry Reference Group, which was open to all allied health professional associations. The publication includes major topics that were covered, points of discussion, and actions that the Department has agreed to.
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Eighth Community Pharmacy AgreementAgreementAn agreement between the Department of Health and Aged Care and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
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Strategic Agreement on Pharmacist Professional PracticeAgreementAn agreement between the Department of Health and Aged Care and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
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Dispensing medicines under the Eighth Community Pharmacy AgreementFact sheetThis fact sheet details key changes to dispensing medicines under the Eighth Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA). The 8CPA started on 1 July 2024 and will be in place until 30 June 2029.
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Community pharmacy programs under the Eighth Community Pharmacy AgreementFact sheetThis fact sheet details how community pharmacy programs work under the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA). The 8CPA started on 1 July 2024 and will be in place until 30 June 2029.
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Palliative care education and training opportunities for anyone who works in primary care and aged careFact sheetThis matrix outlines palliative care education and training opportunities for people working in primary care and aged care.
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Palliative care education and training – Social media tilesDigital imageThese social media tiles are part of the palliative care education and training communication toolkits. Use them to encourage people who work in health and aged care to complete training to help them deliver high-quality palliative care.
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Palliative care education and training for nurses – Communication toolkitGuidelineThis toolkit provides information and materials that health organisations and providers can use to encourage nurses to complete palliative care education and training. This training will help them to deliver quality palliative care.
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Palliative care education and training for general practitioners – Communication toolkitGuidelineThis toolkit provides information and materials that health organisations and providers can use to encourage general practitioners to complete palliative care education and training. This training will help them to deliver quality palliative care.
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Palliative care education and training for allied health professionals – Communication toolkitGuidelineThis toolkit provides information and materials that health and aged care organisations and providers can use to encourage allied health professionals to complete palliative care education and training. This training will help them to deliver quality palliative care.
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Benefits of palliative care education and training for anyone who works in primary care – 90 second videoAdvertisementPalliative care experts and people who work in primary care discuss the importance of palliative care education and training. Palliative care education and training can increase your knowledge, skills and confidence to care for and communicate with people who have a life-limiting illness.
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Benefits of palliative care education and training – 90 second videoAdvertisementHealth and aged care professionals and palliative care experts discuss the importance of palliative care education and training. Palliative care education and training can increase your knowledge, skills and confidence to care for and communicate with people who have a life-limiting illness.
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Performance and Financial Management Review – Northern Territory Primary Health NetworkReportThis review provides independent advice on the Northern Territory PHN’s compliance with its financial and performance obligations with the Department of Health and Aged Care.
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Unleashing the potential of our health workforce – for nurses and midwivesPresentationThis webinar recording provides information for nurses and midwives about the Scope of Practice Review and its first Issues Paper.
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Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce – Scope of Practice Review – Issues Paper 2ReportThis paper proposes options for reform to enable health professionals to work to their full scope of practice and improve primary care. It proposes 8 policy reform options across 3 key themes – Workforce design, development and planning; Legislation and regulation; Funding and payment policy.
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Primary Health Networks (PHN) Strategy 2023–24InfographicThis strategy clarifies PHNs' purpose, objective and key functions. It outlines the crucial role PHNs play in
 supporting health reform by driving local innovation to meet specific local health needs and supporting
 consistent local delivery of national and co-commissioned programs.
 
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Allied Health Industry Reference Group – Summary of outcomes – 5 March 2024Meeting minutesThis publication provides key information from the tenth meeting of the Allied Health Industry Reference Group, which was open to all allied health professional associations. The publication includes major topics that were covered, points of discussion, and actions that the Department has agreed to.
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IOC communique – 25 March 2024Meeting minutesThe Strengthening Medicare Implementation Oversight Committee (IOC) met on 25 March 2024 for its third formal meeting. This document provides a record of the meeting.
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Performance and Financial Management Review – Northern Sydney Primary Health NetworkReportThis review provides independent advice on the Northern Sydney PHN’s compliance with its financial and performance obligations with the Department of Health and Aged Care.
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Explanatory notes for Medicare statisticsDatasetThis document contains information about the calculation and interpretation of Medicare Statistics
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Unleashing the potential of our health workforce – Scope of practice review – Issues paper 1 – PresentationPresentationThis presentation is part of the Scope of Practice Review. It focuses on health professionals who currently provide or have the potential to provide primary care.
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