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10 July 2026
New Medicare Mental Health Check In service now available for patients
Medicare Mental Health Check In Medicare Mental Health Check In is a new digital service that offers free evidence-based and confidential support to help people…
General practice
10 July 2026
Assignment of benefits changes – latest update
From 1 July 2026, updated requirements apply for assigning Medicare benefits when a service is bulk billed. Assignment of benefit is the process where a…
Assignment of benefit
06 July 2026
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2026: 50 Years of Deadly
NAIDOC Week is held annually in July and is a national celebration of Australia’s First Nations peoples, histories and cultures—the oldest, continuous living cultures on…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
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Primary care
24 August 2026
Eastern Health specialist palliative care clinics: new HealthLink referral
Eastern Health has updated the way GPs refer to its specialist palliative care clinics. Referrals now go through HealthLink, and the Specialist Palliative Care Services…
Digital enablement
24 August 2026
TGA safety and regulatory updates
Please note: This update has been sourced from information published by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. New warning for GLP-1 receptor…
General practice
24 August 2026
National Asthma Week 2026: updated asthma handbook guidelines
National Asthma Week runs from 1 to 7 September 2026, providing an opportunity for general practitioners and practice teams to review the latest asthma management…
General practice
24 August 2026
Share your perspectives on supporting communities during emergencies
Primary Health Networks (PHNs) play an important role in supporting health emergency preparedness, planning and coordination across primary care. This includes helping primary care services…
Primary care
11 August 2026
Eastern Health: Improving information sharing with GPs project update
EMPHN is pleased to share an exciting update as part of the ongoing work by Eastern Health to strengthen communication between hospital services and primary…
General practice
11 August 2026
Listening to primary care: what you told us and what comes next
EMPHN’s latest engagement with general practice and allied health providers has provided a valuable picture of what is working well, where pressures remain and how…
EMPHN Insights
10 August 2026
Latest HealthPathways Melbourne case studies
HealthPathways Melbourne regularly publishes case studies to highlight how the platform supports GPs in accessing the most up-to-date treatment pathways for their patients. The latest…
General practice
07 August 2026
Support stroke awareness this National Stroke Week
National Stroke Week (3-9 August) is a reminder that recognising the signs of stroke and acting quickly can save lives. This year’s theme, F.A.S.T. heroes,…
General practice
29 July 2026
A new evidence base to support communities after suicide
A landmark study funded by Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN) and led by the University of Melbourne has, for the first time, established a…
EMPHN Insights