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Should your practice employ a Medical Practice Assistant?
8 November 2023
Medical Practice Assistants (MPAs) are trained to work within a defined scope of practice to support doctors and nurses by doing administrative, and in some cases clinical, tasks in a general practice.
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Growing the local Medical Practice Assistant workforce
6 September 2023
With mounting pressure on the general practice workforce, many practices are discovering the value of a Medical Practice Assistant (MPA). With skills to support both clinical and administrative functions, MPAs have the potential to increase practice efficiency and provide greater job satisfaction for the entire team.
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Strengthening Medicare GP Grants announced
21 April 2023
COORDINARE - South Eastern NSW PHN welcomes the Australian Government announcement of the Strengthening Medicare – General Practice (GP) Grants Program that will allow all general practices and eligible Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) to expand patient access and improve their services.
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Strengthening Medicare – GP Grants Program opportunity
13 February 2023
As part of the 2022-23 October Budget, the Australian Government is investing $220 million (over two years from 2022-23 to 2023-24) in Medicare general practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS), through the Strengthening Medicare – GP Grants Program.
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Release of the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report
3 February 2023
The Australian Government released the report of the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce on 3 February 2023. The report outlines a vision for Australia’s primary care system of the future.
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Inca - Integrated Care platform available in SE NSW
25 October 2022
COORDINARE is excited to announce the launch of Inca and has secured licensing for general practices across the South Eastern NSW catchment. Inca (short for integrated care) is a web-based, comprehensive shared health record and care planning solution.
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Co-design improvements in partnership with Aboriginal people
4 March 2022
COORDINARE is committed to improving access to culturally sensitive and respectful primary care for the more than 24,000 people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander within South Eastern NSW. In June 2021, COORDINARE funded five mainstream general practices.
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Revised Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management
19 January 2022
Interested stakeholders are being invited to review the draft Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management (2022) which was released for comment in late December 2021.
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Local Practice Manager Lesley Riley wins AAPM Award
17 December 2021
We would like to offer our congratulations to Lesley Riley who was named the NSW/ACT state Practice Manager of the Year at the Australian Association of Practice Management State Conference in Sydney earlier this month.
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NSW Rural Doctors Network Honours three local primary health professionals
30 November 2021
Two Shoalhaven GPs, Dr Vicki McCartney and Dr Jamie Starkey, have been awarded 2021 Rural Medical Service Awards for outstanding service for more than 35 years to the Shoalhaven region by the NSW Rural Doctors Network (NSW RDA).
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Digital health update - new Medicare web services
26 November 2021
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Medicare Web ServicesThe Australian Government is currently rolling out Medicare Web Services which is designed to help practitioners share data with Services Australia in a safer and more secure way. -
New Social Prescribing Service
25 November 2021
COORDINARE has partnered with Primary and Community Care Services (PCCS) to deliver a new social prescribing service.
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