News: General Practice

Co-administration of vaccines guide The NCIRS Co-administration of vaccines guide for immunisation providers was updated July 2026. Most vaccines can be co-administered with other vaccines at the same National Immunisation...

CESPHN is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new Child Mental Health and Wellbeing Program, aimed at improving access to early mental health...

From 1 July 2026, new Share by Default legislation requires pathology and diagnostic imaging reports to be uploaded to My Health Record by default, unless a legislated exception applies or...

Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN) welcomes general practices to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to participate in the DFSV Assist program. DFSV Assist is funded by...

Nominations for this year’s Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Awards are now open. These annual awards recognise primary health care professionals and organisations’ initiatives that have provided exceptional service...

New AIR due/overdue rules for adult vaccines  AIR immunisation dashboards  Education New AIR due/overdue rules for adult vaccines  The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) has introduced new ‘due’ and ‘overdue’ rules...

Following ongoing identification of cases of opioid overdose after use of substances expected to be cocaine or methamphetamine in NSW, a Safety Notice for Clinicians (012/26) has been published on the NSW...

The GambleAware Multicultural Service (GAMS) works in collaboration with the Office of Responsible Gambling and regional GambleAware Providers to raise awareness and reduce gambling related harm in the community.  What...

Healthcare identifiers are central to Australia’s digital health system, but information on accessing and using the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service has often been spread across multiple sources. To simplify this,...

Summary of change From 1 July 2026, Capvaxive®, a new 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (21vPCV), will be added to the National Immunisation Program (NIP). Capvaxive® will replace both Prevenar 13®...