You are invited to attend the face-to-face Practice Manager Breakfast hosted by Anthea Blower CPM, AAPM, supported by Gold Coast Primary Health Network (GCPHN).

Topics and speakers

• GCPHN Update – big projects for 2023
  • Bev Korn, Primary Care Program Manager | Gold Coast Primary Health Network

• Update on primary care readiness training to address domestic and family violence
  • Rachel Koman, Safer Families Project Officer | Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence

• “The 3 Wise PMs” – panel discussion on hot topics (please pre-submit any questions or topics with your registration or email rsvp@gcphn.com.au)

• Opportunity to network

This will be a face-to-face meeting. Breakfast will be provided, however we ask that you bring your own water bottle for additional refreshment.

Post event resources

Pathways to Safety – The Readiness Program

• Presentation by Rachel Koman (Safer Families Centre of Research) | email: rachel.komen@unimelb.edu.au
• Flyer – To register your interest in this training, click on the link in the flyer to complete an EOI.

Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) Health Assessment Pathway

• Presentation by James Baily (GCPHN) | email: jamesb@gcphn.com.au

GCPHN Annual Report 2021-2022

For insight into all GCPHN projects and program work during 2021-22, please refer to the GCPHN Annual Report 2021-2022

“The 3 Wise PMs” – topics discussed:

• Maintaining the business with fewer resources
• Growing the business
• Move to different funding models – grant applications
• Amalgamating practices
• The challenges of GP and staff recruitment
• Transitioning to mixed or private billing
• Dealing with DNAs
• Using the extraction tools to their best advantage to support business maintenance and growth
• Reducing risks by ensuring practices meet their PIP obligations regarding QI and Afterhours cover
• Lobbying government – if the GPs won’t, perhaps the PMs should
• Workforce planning – what that looks like when the model considers 1 GTFTE as someone who works 40 hours per week/46 weeks a year
• Re-igniting our passion for our profession
• Christmas breaks and self-care

“We thank Shane, Rick, Habib and all the attendees this morning for their participation and frank discussions” – Anthea Blower