Models for multidisciplinary care

Encouraging multidisciplinary team-based care is one of the core components of the 2023 Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report. Enabling healthcare professionals to work in a coordinated, multidisciplinary team, each working at their full scope of practice will facilitate person-centred continuity of care and deliver better health outcomes. 

Brisbane South PHN are working to help deliver this for our region by: 

• reducing barriers to interprofessional collaboration through promoting better understanding of the scope of practice across primary health professions 

• advocating for changes that facilitate clinicians being able to work at the top of their scope of practice 

• working with local practices to expand their general practice team by integrating non-dispensing pharmacists and social workers 

• co-designing innovative models of care that support multidisciplinary teams for enhanced patient experiences.

For more information, or to arrange free general practice support for team-based care models, contact our Primary Health team at support@bsphn.org.au.