GPV is a QIC accredited organisation

What’s Happening Update November 2007

Lee StamfordGPV

Structure

• Reference Group meets quarterly• Allied Health Group• Integration Team• Workshops quarterly• Regional groupings• Regular DHS contact

State-wide Issues

– Not really active– Simmering– Really Active– New– Emerging

State-wide Issues – Not really Active

• Carers Issues• Elder Abuse• After Hours Medical Cover

State-wide Issues – Simmering

• Aged Care Allocations

State-wide Issues – Really Active

• IT/IM• Medication Charts• Life extinct• Dentists• Allied Health

Allied Health

• Identifying who• Lack of / under-utilisation / waiting

time• Shortage esp. in rural areas of OT,

SP, Pod, Diabetic educators, dieticians, less for PT

Allied Health

• Included AH director, pharmacist, aged psychiatry, MH nurse, continence advisor, PT, SP, SW, Pod, dietician

• Many want to involve nursing

GPV Support

• Increase workshops to 4/year• Round table discussion• What’s on in other divisions• 5 top areas

– IMIT– MBS items– DoHA- planning and reporting, answers– Allied Health– ACFI and Accreditation

GPV Support

• Resources and updates - website• Division visits, regional meetings• Regular reports on state-wide issues

GPV is a QIC accredited organisation

Thank you

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