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• General practice

A consortium led by Banyule Community Health will deliver a new Mental Health Stepped Care Model in Melbourne’s north-east from mid-January.

• Mental health

People with codeine dependence may present to their GPs, even before 1 February 2018. Treating opioid dependence will be a key step to their recovery.

• QUM

The latest news and events related to Quality Use of Medicines

• QUM

The latest GP news from your local PHN.

• General practice

The Victorian Chief Health Officer has issued a health alert for an outbreak of invasive Meningococcal C disease in men who have sex with men (MSM)

Victoria's Chief Health Officer has issued an alert about a confirmed measles case in Melbourne.

The tendency for codeine to cause dependence when used long-term is the reason why codeine will become prescription only from 1 February 2018. Some people who present to their GP to request a codeine-containing analgesic will have an underlying opioid dependence, not always recognised.

• QUM

We are encouraging GPs, practice nurses and practice managers to complete our inaugural Annual Needs Survey.

• EMPHN News
• General practice

The phased transition to mental health stepped care has started with services to become operational from January 2018 in the north-east of EMPHN's catchment (City of Whittlesea, Shire of Nillumbik, City of Banyule, and parts of the shires of Mitchell and Murrindindi within the EMPHN catchment).

• Mental health