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RACGP – GPNews - New variants expected to supplant BA.5 in Australia RACGP - Infection prevention and control standards NCIRS – At least two thirds of Australians, including children and adolescents, have had COVID-19 PBS - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings for COVID-19 treatments Department of Health and Aged Care - Changes to the Practice Incentives Program Indigenous Health Incentive Indigenous Health Incentive for the Practice Incentives Program - Practice Incentives Program -...

Capital Health Network - QuIKSteps - Digital Health Department of Health and Aged Care - Affordable medicines to treat skin cancer, lung cancer and ALH TGA - TGA provisionally approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use as a booster dose in individuals 12 years and older TGA - TGA provisionally approves Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for use as a booster dose in adults RACGP - What DVA-funded services are available in general practice? DVA – General practice information RACGP -...

Department of Health and Aged Care - ATAGI recommendations for a booster dose of the paediatric Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Department of Health and Aged Care - Guidance on myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccines MBS Online - Telehealth MBS eligibility for COVID-19 positive patients Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) - Free Interpreting Service for allied health professionals. Capital Health Network - QuIKSteps - Digital Health Cancer Australia – Our Mob and...

Australian ADHD Professionals Association – ADHD Guideline AskMBS Advisory – Existing relationship clarification Australian COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce - Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 - Drug treatments that are not recommended Australian COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce - Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 - Chemoprophylaxis Australian COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce – Clinical Flowcharts APNA –...

Prime Minister of Australia - Meeting of National Cabinet National Cervical Screening Program – Healthcare Provider Toolkit Mental Health Australia - 2022 World Mental Health Day Campaign Mental Health First Aid - One in Ten campaign Capital Health Network - CHN Practice Connect Capital Health Network - CHN Educational Events Department of Health and Aged Care - COVID-19 Vaccines in Australia – A3 poster Department of Health and Aged Care - Resources for health professionals managing...

Capital Health Network – Practice Connect APNA - TPP Mentor sign up Therapeutic Goods Administration - TGA provisionally approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, COMIRNATY (tozinameran), for use as a booster dose in individuals 5 years and older Therapeutic Goods Administration - TGA provisionally approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, COMIRNATY (tozinameran) for use in children aged 6 months to less than 5 years The Benchmarque Group – Chronic Disease Care Planning workshop The Benchmarque...

Department of Health and Aged Care - The PROPHECY Project ATAGI - Recommendations on the use of a 3rd primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine in individuals who are severely immunocompromised Taylor and Francis - Monkeypox resources APNA - TPP Mentor sign up Capital Health Network – PPE request form The Lancet Regional Health - An ecological study of obesity-related cancer incidence trends in Australia from 1983 to 2017 - ScienceDirect Department of Health and Aged Care - National Obesity...

ATAGI – COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events Capital Health Network - GPs Prescribing For COVID-19 In the Community webinar ACT and SNSW HealthPathways – COVID Medications Username: together, Password: forhealth National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce - Treatment flowchart University of Liverpool- COVID-19 Drug Interactions checker ACT and SNSW HealthPathways – COVID -19 Referrals Username: together, Password: forhealth Canberra Health Services - Walk-in Centres Rare Disease Project...

Department of Health and Aged Care - ATAGI statement on use of the Moderna bivalent Original/Omicron vaccine Department of Health and Aged Care -Clinical recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines TGA - First combination COVID-19 and influenza self-tests approved for Australia Capital Health Network - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Request Form ACT and SNSW HealthPathways - Updates Username: together, Password: forhealth Dementia Care - Interest in Accredited Educational Events - Health...

TGA - TGA provisionally approves Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for use as a booster dose in adults Asthma Australia – Asthma Week 2022 Australian Prescriber - How to step down asthma preventer treatment in patients with well-controlled asthma – more is not always better Department of Health and Aged Care - ATAGI clinical guidance on vaccination against Monkeypox ACT Health - ACT Community Assistance and Support Program (CASP) Capital Health Network - Cultural Awareness...

Capital Health Network - Transition to Practice Program Department of Health and Aged Care - Novavax vaccine for adolescents aged 12-17 years Department of Health and Aged Care - COVID-19 vaccination training program National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce - Management of people with COVID-19 who are receiving palliative care National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce - Management of people with COVID-19 who are older or living with cognitive impairment National COVID-19...

Capital Health Network | QuIK Library - Cancer Screening HealthPathways ACT and SNSW Username: together, Password: forhealth Dementia Care - Interest in Accredited Educational Events - Health Professional Feedback Survey Dementia Training Australia - Free online courses and resources Dementia Australia – Centre for Dementia Learning Capital Health Network - Transition to Practice Program Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - Low Back Pain Clinical Care...

Department of Health and Aged Care - COVID-19 response update for primary care – 18 August 2022 National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance - Vaccines for Australian adults ACT Health - Monkeypox information for health professionals and community service providers Department of Health and Aged Care - ATAGI clinical guidance on vaccination against Monkeypox Capital Health Network - Transition to Practice Program DVA Basics Quick Guide DVA Claiming Quick Guide Department...

ATAGI recommendations on COVID-19 vaccine use in children aged 6 months to <5 years Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care - ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting – 3 August 2022 Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care - New COVID-19 safe behaviours campaign Health and Aged Care Portfolio Ministers - Australia secures new third-generation monkeypox virus vaccine. Department of Health and Aged Care - Monkeypox Australian Government Department...

Capital Health Network - Transition to Practice Program. Capital Health Network Nurse Immuniser Scholarship Program Chief Medical Officer’s statement declaring monkeypox a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance Department of Health and Aged Care - Monkeypox Department of Health and Aged Care - Monkeypox - Patient referral and testing guidance fact sheet Department of Health and Aged Care - Monkeypox - Patient referral and testing guidance poster Department of Health and...

COVID antivirals available by telehealth phone consultation MBS Online - Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 93716 National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce – updated Risk classification tool for adults with mild COVID-19 National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce – updated Decision tool for at risk adults National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce – FAQs about oral antiviral medications The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia – Don’t Rush to Crush World Health...

Capital Health Network QuIK Library Department of Health and Aged Care - Eligibility for oral COVID-19 treatments Fact sheet - Paxlovid® (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) PBS listing (July 2022) Fact sheet - Lagevrio® (molnupiravir) PBS listing (July 2022) Fact sheet - Changes to PBS eligibility for COVID-19 treatments - Information for prescribers and pharmacists Chief Medical Officers statement on standard of care on COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments in RACF Department of Health and Aged...

Capital Health Network Mental Health QuIK Library ATAGI updated recommendations for a winter dose of COVID-19 vaccine ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting – 29 June 2022 Dept of Health and Aged Care - Eligibility for oral COVID-19 treatments Fact sheet - Paxlovid® (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) PBS listing (July 2022) Fact sheet - Lagevrio® (molnupiravir) PBS listing (July 2022) Fact sheet - Changes to PBS eligibility for COVID-19 treatments - Information for prescribers and...

ACT Chief Health Officer - General practice clinical alert: Monkeypox Department of Health and Ageing – Monkeypox resources ACSQHC - Sepsis Clinical Care Standard ACT and SNSW HealthPathways - Cervical Screening RACGP - Cervical screening self-collection to expand from July National Cervical Screening Program – updated guidelines National Cervical Screening Program – Healthcare provider toolkit National Diabetes Services Scheme – 1 July 2022 expansion Capital Health Network - PPE...

Register eligible patients for CTG PBS Co-payment Measure Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) | The Closing the Gap (CTG) - PBS Co-payment Program Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Co-payment Measure (CTG Scripts) - Community HealthPathways ACT and SNSW username; together | Password: forhealth Cervical Screening - Community HealthPathways ACT and SNSW National Cervical Screening Program updated guidelines ACT Health - Telehealth prescribing - information for health...