General practice: quick updates for week beginning 30 June 2025
Stay informed with Brisbane South PHN’s weekly updates for general practices.
Updates for the week beginning Monday 30 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.
Important update
MBS items: Chronic Condition Management changes effective 1 July 2025
From Tuesday 1 July 2025, MBS items for Chronic Condition Management are changing, and people registered in MyMedicare will only be eligible to have these items claimed by the practice they are registered with.
Download the Brisbane South PHN Guide for managing MyMedicare in General Practice or see our MyMedicare webpage for further information.
Education and training opportunities
Brisbane South PHN Immunisation Catchup
Join the Metro South Hospital and Health Services (HHS) Public Health Unit for a practical session for practice nurses and vaccine service providers to update your knowledge on planning vaccination catchups and initiating immunisation catchup schedules.
📍Brisbane South PHN, Eight Mile Plains
🗓 Tuesday 15 July 2025
🕕5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
🎯This event is for practice nurses, vaccine service providers and GPs.
Quality improvement
New online: self-guided quality improvement (QI) activities to support your practice
Discover our new online range of self-paced QI activities to help your general practice meet accreditation, PIP QI incentive requirements and to support improving patient health outcomes.
Topics include:
improving vaccination rates for patients with COPD
cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management
diabetes management
cancer screening
data quality and accurate recording of smoking.
New activities will be added regularly based on feedback and regional health priorities.
If you require support with completing these activities, please reach out to the General Practice Quality Improvement team via 3864 7540 or support@bsphn.org.au.
Further information
For further queries, please contact support@bsphn.org.au.