News: General Practice

Nominations for this year’s Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Awards are now open. These annual awards recognise primary health care professionals and organisations’ initiatives that have provided exceptional service...

From 1 July 2026, updated requirements apply for assigning Medicare benefits when a service is bulk billed. Assignment of benefit is the process where a patient agrees for their Medicare...

New AIR due/overdue rules for adult vaccines  AIR immunisation dashboards  Education New AIR due/overdue rules for adult vaccines  The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) has introduced new ‘due’ and ‘overdue’ rules...

Following ongoing identification of cases of opioid overdose after use of substances expected to be cocaine or methamphetamine in NSW, a Safety Notice for Clinicians (012/26) has been published on the NSW...

The GambleAware Multicultural Service (GAMS) works in collaboration with the Office of Responsible Gambling and regional GambleAware Providers to raise awareness and reduce gambling related harm in the community.  What...

Healthcare identifiers are central to Australia’s digital health system, but information on accessing and using the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service has often been spread across multiple sources. To simplify this,...

Summary of change From 1 July 2026, Capvaxive®, a new 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (21vPCV), will be added to the National Immunisation Program (NIP). Capvaxive® will replace both Prevenar 13®...

CESPHN has a Clinical and Community Council that play a central role in shaping primary health care services, by providing strategic advice, fostering collaboration, and ensuring that both clinical expertise and community needs...

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) now has over 140 specialties listed within Healthlink. SESLHD is moving away from paper referral pathways, with Electronic Referrals (eReferrals) being the preferred...

More than 100 primary care professionals gathered in Sydney on Saturday for Smart Practice: Connecting the Future – Digital Health, AI & Cybersecurity, a full-day forum hosted by Central and...