General Practitioners in Community Health Services Strategy

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Overview

The General Practitioners in Community Health Services (GPs in CHSs) Strategy was launched in September 2004.

The GPs in CHSs Strategy reflects the government’s commitment to strengthening the valuable role played by GPs who work in or with CHSs. The strategy is a key element of delivering quality medical care through the Community Health policy. The strategy aims to:

• Improve access to general practice, particularly for Victorians experiencing difficulty accessing a GP,
• Generate genuine service integration and coordination between GPs and CHSs, and
• Improve workforce capacity of CHS clinical teams.

General Practitioners in Community Health Services Strategy (383kb, pdf)

Since funding was first available in 2004-05, a variety of projects have been supported ranging from systems enhancement to the establishment of new CHS GP clinics. These included a mix of one, two and three year projects.

General Practice: Growing Partnerships, Great Potential: GPs Strategy Projects Review Forum

On 27th August 2007, the Primary Health Branch held a one day forum with key stakeholders to discuss learnings from current and previously funded GPs in CHSs Strategy projects to inform the next phase of the general practice strategy. Attendees included community health service EOs and staff, General Practice Victoria staff and a GP Board member, and DHS senior managers and policy officers.

Agenda:

Agenda: General Practice: Growing Partnerships, Great Potential: GPs Strategy Projects Review Forum (21kb, pdf)

Presentations:

Wendy Bissinger, General Practice Victoria (47kb, pdf)

Erin Richardson, Hepburn Health Service (174kb, pdf)

Roslyn Borg, Banyule Community Health Service (88kb, pdf)

Janet Laverick, Primary Health Branch, DHS presentation (217kb, pdf)

Julie Jenkin, Primary Health Branch, DHS presentation (183kb, pdf)

Note that since the forum, the Working with General Practice Department of Human Services Position Statement and Resource Guide was launched by the Honourable Daniel Andrews MP, Minister for Health on Thursday 20 December 2007. The Guide articulates the department's vision for a strengthened collaborative interface with general practice and highlights opportunities to further align State and Commonwealth agendas. Though the guide was developed primarily for departmental staff, it also provides case study examples of effective collaborative models involving general practice.

Contacts

Contact information for further enquiries.

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