General practice: quick updates for week beginning 16 June 2025
Stay informed with Brisbane South PHN’s weekly updates for general practices.
Updates for the week beginning Monday 16 June 2025.
Find this week’s quick updates and alerts for local general practices, covering the latest sector developments, education and training events, key health system updates, funding opportunities and clinical resources relevant to our region. Updates are grouped by focus area for easy reference. For more information or tailored practice support, contact our Primary Care team at support@bsphn.org.au.
Education and training opportunities
Chronic conditions management changes
Get all the information and learn practical next steps to prepare your general practice for the upcoming changes to chronic conditions management MBS items.
📍Online event
🗓 Monday 16 June 2024
🕕Event starts at 7 PM
New models of care
Shared medical appointments — Improve access to timely, tailored healthcare for your patients
Just one hour of GP time can multiply impact by delivering service to around 10 patients. Shared medical appointments are supported by practice nurses or allied health professionals to streamline:
recording patients’ history
prioritisation of reason for visit
note taking for each patient.
Interested in finding out more? Watch our free webinar recording “Introduction to Shared Medical Appointments” available in DiscoverPHN.
Quality improvement
Improve pneumococcal and COVID vaccinations for vulnerable patients
Eligible patients: 70+ years for pneumococcal and 75+ years for COVID 19.
In partnership with GoShare, Brisbane South PHN invites your practice to register for the pneumococcal and/or COVID-19 Vaccination Recall Programs. Support is provided to identify eligible patients.
The Vaccination Recall Program has previously delivered great results for practices and their patients.
Participation in the recall program activities:
is available to practices with MedicalDirector or Best Practice software
includes an unlimited number of free SMS credits to recall patients eligible for the vaccination/s
only takes 15 minutes of a practice staff member’s time to complete.
Further information
MBS Online - Upcoming changes to the MBS Chronic Disease Management Framework
Brisbane South PHN Quality Improvement support for your general practice
For further queries, please contact support@bsphn.org.au.