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GP Shared Care Obstetric | ‘Natal Notes #3’ | April 2023

Sharing Important Updates With You! Hello! We hope that you are well and relishing the final bursts of fading sunny autumn weather. As daylight savings ends, the nights lengthen, our skies darken and colder weather maliciously seeps into our busy lives, we trust that you will draw comfort from one lovely thought – that our […]

GP Shared Care Obstetric | Important Updates For You #2 | February 2023

Important Updates for You! SA Pregnancy Hand Held Record Version 15 of the Pregnancy Hand Held Record is now available. Other versions are now not to be used. AMENDMENT: Space to Record Rubella Titre Result in SAPR In the recent update of the South Australian Pregnancy Record (SAPR version 15), the space to record the […]

GP Shared care Obstetric | January 2023

Welcome to 2023 Hello! Welcome back and welcome to 2023! Already one month has passed and we are back in the thick of things. We hope that you all enjoyed a refreshing break, and you are now ready to leap into 2023! Well, we read your mind. We are thrilled to release our first newsletter for this year. […]

GP Shared Care Obstetric | December 2022

It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas! Hello! On behalf of the GP Partners Board, myself and my Team, I wish you all the very best for the festive season. I hope that you are able to find some time to reflect on yet another busy year, with all the usual challenges and the continued […]

GPEx to lead new program in fight against SA’s GP shortage

ADELAIDE, 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 – GPEx will begin rolling out a new Australian Government program that aims to tackle the critical shortage of GPs in South Australia. The Workforce Planning and Prioritisation (WPP) service is a new national program aimed at identifying where GP trainee positions are most needed in metropolitan, regional and rural communities. […]

Spring 2022 at last….

Hello! I am calling this newsletter Mindful Monday because this week is about mental health and well-being. On the 8th September 2022 we recognise R U OK Day. R U OK Day is a day to remind us to ask our family, friends, colleagues, co-workers, staff, patients and neighbours, ‘R U OK?’ to open up a […]

Baby it’s Cold Outside! Late June 2022

More Winter 2022…. Hello! Well, here we are at the end of June 2022 and boy, hasn’t it been a little chilly lately!  Luckily, to distract you from the recent cold and wet weather in SA amidst ongoing Covid challenges, we have another gripping newsletter for you! We can just imagine how warming it would be […]

It’s Winter 2022….

Hello! 2022 seems to be flying by and here we are at the beginning of winter! Your Obstetric Shared Care Team have been busy arranging CPD activities and to date we have completed 6 CPD activities this year, including two GP Obstetric Shared Care Accreditation Seminars, one GPEx workshop and a weekend spent at the […]

Happy Easter 2022….

Hello! We have just held our first GP Obstetric Shared Care Accreditation Seminar for this year and we were pleased that so many of you attended at the Adelaide Pavilion. We are now thrilled to announce that the second of our Accreditation Seminars will take place on Saturday 7th May in the beautiful Adelaide Hills, at the […]

Clinical Pearls in 2022….

Hello! This week’s Federal Budget focussed on easing cost of living pressures and there were several key announcements that could impact GPs! One take-away is that from 1 July 2021, the cost of obtaining COVID-19 tests required to attend a place of work will be tax deductible to employees. This also ensures that these expenses will […]