What you missed out on - the Annual General Meeting & Social Evening
Did you know that it is 15 years since divisions of general practice were established? 78 GPs, staff and partners attended the event held at the Ranelagh Club at Mount Eliza on Wednesday the 12th November. After a short Annual General Meeting, guests where entertained by Dr Simon Pilbrow and his musical ensemble. The night also featured local GPs. Dr Laurie Warfe talking about his experiences in the armed forces and Medical Board of Victoria work, Dr Jenny Koch with her work in aboriginal health in the Mildura area, Dr John MacKenzie on retirement and locum work, Dr Manish Bhasin about the work diffrences between England and Australia and Dr Bard Gray about working in Zimbawe. Dr John Siemienowicz wound up the night by highlighing some of the major PGPN achievements over the last 15 years. The night was a great success and highlighted and celeberated the diversity of our local general practitioners.The PGPN Annual Report for 2007 2008 can be downloaded from here.> and the audited financial statements from here.>
Safety and Security Kit
The Dandenong Casey General Practitice Association have produced an excellent resource for general practices about safety and security. It can be downloaded from here.>
RACGP Pandemic Flu Kit - in practices soon
The RACGP Pandemic flu kit, launched at the combined RACGP ASC and Wonca conference, will be distributed to general practices within the next three weeks. The online version is now available at
http://www.racgp.org.au/pandemicresources For more information please contact standards@racgp.org.au
Heart Foundation Releases New Hypertension Guidelines
The Heart Foundation’s Guide to management of hypertension 2008 is now available. The updated Guide addresses new evidence and recommendations from international guidelines released since the publication of the last guide in 2004, including new recommendations for first-line therapy in uncomplicated hypertension and revised treatment targets for various patient populations. It provides consolidated information on the diagnosis, management and follow-up of people with raised blood pressure making the guidelines more GP user-friendly. With blood pressure the most frequently encountered problem in general practice, GPs are reminded to first measure blood pressure in both arms and thereafter to use the arm with the higher reading. The Guide and its associated resources – including a ‘quick reference guide’ for busy health professionals – can be accessed at
here. or contact our Health Information Service on 1300 36 27 87 or email heartline@heartfoundation.org.au to order your copy.
School Exclusion Table
The DHS ‘school exclusion table’ is useful for GPs and the public as it indicates the minimum period of exclusion from schools and children’s services centres for children following and during an infectious disease. click here.
Updated factsheets for parents from the RCH
Updated titles from Kids Health Info at the Royal Children’s Hospital include: ADHD - stimulant medication / Bedwetting / Colic / Febrile convulsions / Headaches in children and teenagers / Hypospadias / Migraine headache / Preparing your child for hospital / Respiratory syncytial virus / Threadworms. See Kids Health Info: http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/factsheets.cfm also through Kids Connect (RCH Primary Care Liaison) www.rch.org.au/kidsconnect
PGPN Events
GPs and practice staff can see an up to date list of events being run by the Network by clicking on Events in the left hand navigation bar.
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Minor Surgery for General Practitioners
The Skills Laboratory at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Melbourne is conducting a two-day workshop on 29-30 November 2008 focusing on minor surgery for general practitioners. The program aims to enhance the surgical skills required for minor surgical procedures most likely to be carried out by GPs in rural or remote settings where specialists are not readily available. The course will be conducted by an expert faculty, made up of consulting surgeons, anaesthetists, dermatologists, ophthalmologists, physicians and anatomists.
The workshop is to be held at the:
Skills Laboratory, Level 1 East Wing Skills & Education Centre
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Corner of Spring Street and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
The price of the two-day course is $990(GST incl.). This fee includes lunch and light refreshments, course notes, and a copy of the general anatomy module of the AN@TOMEDIA™ CD-Rom package.
Enquires can be directed to:
Dr David Lawrence
Skills Laboratory Manager, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Tel: (03) 9276 7455
Email: david.lawrence@surgeons.org
Peninsula Health Winter Strategy
Peninsula Health are introducing a new program to meet the winter demand pressures on the Emergency Department. A 24 hour 7 day per week call centre will be based in the Emergency Department of Frankston Hospital. It will provide an expansion to the Residential Outreach Support Service (ROSS) as well as providing support to Supported Residential Services and people living in their own homes. There will be medical support provided by an Emergency Physician who has the capacity for home visits during the day and on call support overnight for the nurses. This service is looking at assisting people with low acuity illness, where medical treatment such as IV antibiotics, IV fluids, catheter & PEG management can be started & maintained in the community. There has been no change to the referral process. To get in contact with Clinical Response Team call ACCESS 9788 1377 24 hours per day 7 days per week.
Lifestyle Modification Programs (LMP)
While we all are waiting for the availability of accredited LMPs, GPs can refer patients to the Victorian Go for Your Life info line that advises on locally available physical activity options, provides information and resources on nutrition and weight management.
Diabetes Management in General Practice 2008/9
The 2008/9 edition of Diabetes Management in General Practice will be available during the first week in September. For more than 20 years, Diabetes Australia in conjunction with the RACGP has provided these guidelines for the management of type 2 diabetes in the general practice setting. The guidelines are updated every year.
Sponsors Alphapharm and Eli Lilly, distribute the guidelines widely. However, this does not mean that every GP throughout Australia automatically receives a copy. . Practices can order directly from Diabtes Australia, Alphapharm or Eli Lilly Reps, or download from the RACGP website when available.
Peninsula Health GP Liaison
Need any information about Peninsula Health Services? A good place to start is at the Peninsula Health GP Liaison page http://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/gpliaison . While there do the quick 2 minute survey on discharge summaries. From this page you can find information about outpatients, inpatients, maternity services, the emergency department, referral templates and much more.
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