General practice quick updates for week beginning 17 November 2025
Updates for the week beginning Monday 10 November 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.
For more information or tailored practice support, contact our Primary Care team at [email protected].
Improved cardiovascular risk calculator for your practice
Did you know that the cardiovascular disease risk (CVD) calculator in your clinical software has had a makeover?
To check out the changes to the CVD risk calculator and boost heart health in your patients, see the Boosting Heart Health: Increasing use of the CVD risk Calculator self-paced activity.
Brisbane South PHN has a new self-paced quality improvement activity which steps you through using Primary Sense (PS) to identify 10 patients who have a high or moderate risk of CVD. From there it will show you how to use the CVD risk calculator to record your patient’s CVD risk.
Contact the General Practice Quality Improvement Team if you would like more information on this activity or support with quality improvement via [email protected].
Important update for Best Practice users
A reminder to ensure that your practice is running the latest version of Best Practice – Premier Spectra SP1 Revision 3. This update ensures that your practice remains compliant and prepared for:
the new Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)
November Medicare updates, including the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)
long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) item updates
improved workflows for managing mental health care plans.
If you have any questions regarding Premier Spectra SP1 Revision 3, please contact the Best Practice Support Team on 1800 196 000 between 7 am and 6 pm AEST, Monday to Friday, or visit the Bp Premier Spectra webpage to read more.
PHASES launches statewide — Be part of a new primary care initiative to find cardiovascular risk earlier and improve patient outcomes
Queensland-based general practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations are invited to the statewide launch of Preventing Heart Attacks and Stroke Events through Surveillance (PHASES).
Join Professor Kim Greaves, PHASES Clinical Lead, Cardiologist and Epidemiologist, for a practical 60-minute briefing.
📅 Tuesday 25 November 2025
🕕 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm AEST
📍 This is an online event (delivered through Microsoft Teams)
🎯 Bring your whole team—everyone has a role.
🎓 CPD accredited
Learning outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will:
understand the scale and impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Australia, including its disproportionate impact on priority populations
gain clarity on PHASES aims, scope and expected outcomes, including how it addresses CVD within the community
learn how Primary Sense™ supports early identification and optimisation of management through clinical auditing
be able to identify practical steps to collaborate with the PHN on project implementation and evaluation.
Further information
For information about the new Queensland-wide PHASES initiative:
📧 email the Digital Health team via [email protected].