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04 May 2026
Support heart health this Heart Week
This Heart Week (4–10 May), start a conversation with your patients about heart health and the positive steps they can take to reduce their heart…
General practice
01 May 2026
Updated Australian Asthma Guidelines – new resources to support implementation
The National Asthma Council (NAC) updated the Australian Asthma Handbook in September 2025, with important changes to asthma management for adults and adolescents (aged 12…
Events
21 April 2026
Now Available: Medcast Medicare Business Skills Hub FastTrack – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Assessments
First Nations peoples continue to experience significantly poorer health outcomes, with life expectancy almost 10 years lower than other Australians. General practice plays a key…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
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13 May 2024
Provider Bulletin for COVID-19 vaccination providers 6 May 2024
The Provider Bulletin for COVID-19 vaccination providers 6 May 2024 includes the following: COVID-19 Vaccine Update COVID-19 Program Administration Resources
Primary care
13 May 2024
Accreditation criterion: Indicator C6.2 B
Indicator C6.2 B – If your practice is using a hybrid patient health record system, a note of each consultation/interaction is made in each system, and…
Primary care
13 May 2024
Monkeypox vaccination program update
The Victorian Department of Health has advised that there have been recent cases of new, locally acquired cases of mpox (monkeypox) in Victoria
General practice
08 May 2024
In conversation with Professor Zoe Wainer: The future of community and public health from the state’s perspective
EMPHN welcomed Deputy Secretary Community & Public Health, Professor Zoe Wainer for a discussion on the future directions of community and public health across Victoria.
Events
02 May 2024
Nurse Immunisation Education Scholarship Opportunity
Primary Health Networks (PHNs) were established to improve coordination of care to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right…
Health sector news
18 April 2024
New criteria to reduce wait times for eligible patients requiring plastic surgery or with joint or lower back pain
New statewide referral criteria for plastic surgery and joint pain have come into effect from 1 March 2024 in all Victorian public hospitals. When a…
Health sector news
18 April 2024
Cyber Security Alert: Dropbox phishing campaign continuing to target Australian healthcare entities
Stay alert – Dropbox phishing campaign continuing to target Australian healthcare entities About this alert About this scam Email 1 sample: Email sample 2: How…
Health sector news
16 April 2024
MyMedicare changes are coming
Are you registered? Did you know that 69% of EMPHN practices have registered. Have you? For support to register your practice in the organisation register…
MyMedicare
16 April 2024
Free mental health service accepting referrals in the City of Whittlesea
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Local in the City of Whittlesea supports Victorians aged 26 and over to get mental health and wellbeing support closer to…
Mental health