We have several nurses in CSGPN who are already running nurse led clinics. CSGPN project staff are available to assist with the setting up your clinic.

The Australian Point of Care Practitioners’ Network (APPN) provides online training, certification and professional development for all Point of Care Testing (PoCT) operators.

CSGPN’s Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Shared Care program has been running since 21 March 2011. This project provides patients with care co-ordination between hospital services and their GP; this ensures that patients who require ongoing care continue to receive appropriate care and do not slip between services.

Three simple steps to Financial Budgeting and Reporting By Stuart Chan from Cutcher & Neale.

The law of diminishing returns, first described by economists to explain why, beyond a certain point, additional inputs produce smaller and smaller outputs, offers insight into many situations practitioners stumble upon in clinical practice. In everyday experience, this law is expressed, as “the gain is not worth the pain.”

A recent circular was emailed and faxed by CSGPN to all ANSC GPs and practices from the NSW Department of Health regarding Influenza activity and risk to pregnant women.

CSGPN was one of nineteen GP Networks that received funding for the trial of ATAPS Self Harm and Early Intervention Project from 2008. This project has been a resounding success across the nineteen GP networks as judged by the reduction in the outcome scores of the individuals who underwent counseling for self harm or suicidal ideation.

HCN advises all the Medical Director 2 users should upgrade to Medical Director 3 before 1 November 2011. The October MD Ref (database of medications) will be the last for Medical Director 2 users.

Malware (any software that harms your computer) needs to be taken seriously by all Internet users, especially if using “always on” broadband connection. Criterion 4.2.2 – Information Security of RACGP Standards mandates antivirus software and firewall in your practice to prevent malware infection.

GPs are the main providers of treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood-borne viruses (BBVs) in Australia. With chlamydia rates tripling in the last ten years, and an estimated 1 in 3 Australians living with chronic hepatitis B going undiagnosed, every GP should be actively testing for STIs and BBVs.