Your GP Obstetric Shared Care Team are big believers in the power of staying in the loop! Your ongoing dedication and active participation in the program play a pivotal role in making it a success!

Exciting news!

We are excited to announce the release of the new GP Obstetric Shared Care Perinatal Guideline, designed to enhance the continuity of care for pregnant women and improve collaboration between GPs and maternity services. This guideline provides updated evidence-based practices, ensuring that our Shared Care model continues to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care. We encourage all participating Obstetric Shared Care GPs to familiarise themselves with the new guideline to ensure seamless integration into our services.

Download the GP Obstetric Shared Care PPG

The following perinatal practice guideline has been updated and uploaded to the SA Health Website (www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/perinatal) and Web-Based App (https://extapps2.sahealth.sa.gov.au/PracticeGuidelines/):

  • GP Obstetric Shared Care

Refer to the attached summary that details main practice changes, and risk implications.

Download the Perinatal Practice Guideline

Please note: This PPG replaces the GP Obstetric Shared Care Protocol April 2020.

New Stillbirth Consumer Resource

The following stillbirth consumer resource has been updated and uploaded to the SA Health Website (www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/stillbirth ) and Web-Based App (https://extapps2.sahealth.sa.gov.au/PracticeGuidelines/):

  • Community bereavement support groups in South Australia following stillbirth fact sheet
Download the fact sheet

2024 Equity and Diversity Forum

We are delighted to invite you to the 2024 Annual Equity and Diversity (E&D) Forum. We will be hosting a virtual session on Tuesday 30th August 2024.

Please join us in connecting and learning to improve pregnancy care and outcomes for Migrant & Refugee women and families across Australia.

Registration is free. We look forward to connecting with you!

  • Migrant and Refugee Session: August 30, 2024 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM AEST

Hear from leading experts in migrant and refugee maternity health.

This session will also spotlight the launch of our new eLearning modules for healthcare professionals and interpreters. These eLearning modules have been designed to provide additional support to health professionals working with women and families of refugee and migrant backgrounds during pregnancy and support for interpreters working in diverse pregnancy care settings across Australia.

Register now

Clinical Refresher 2024 – Antenatal Excellence: Refresh, Relearn, Reimagine

Saturday 31st August, 8.30am – 4.15pm

The Agenda

  • NIPT & FTS
  • Ultrasound Scanning
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Obesity in Pregnancy
  • Anaemia in Pregnancy
  • Nutrition & Lifestyle in Pregnancy
  • Infections in Pregnancy
  • The Panorama of Mental Health
  • Matters of the Heart
  • Infant Endocrinology
  • Role of Midwife Coordinators
  • And Much More…

Featuring Captivating Speakers

We aim to take you on a journey of innovative perinatal research and care. We promise there will be something for every Obstetric Shared Care GP attending

Complimentary Morning Tea and Lunch Free parking onsite

Join us
The Adelaide Pavilion Corner
Peacock Road & South Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000

For more information:
Leanne March
Ph: 0418 803 844
leanne.march@gpex.com.au

Register now

These are RACGP-approved CPD activities under the RACGP CPD Program

The GP Obstetric Shared Care Program has a key role in advocacy, policy and promoting high quality, safe and innovative practice. There is no more effective environment for learning than the in-person exchange of information and there will be ample opportunity to ask questions.

The 2024 Helen Mayo House – Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Conference

We are pleased to advise that The 2024 Helen Mayo House Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Conference will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 21 – 22 November 2024.

With the theme “Enriching outcomes in the Early Years”, a host of interesting and thought-provoking speakers in Plenary and Break-out Sessions will enrich your knowledge and your work.

Announcing keynote speakers on Day 1 are:

  • Professor Megan Galbally, Program Director of Mental Health and Professor/Director of Women’s and Children’s Mental Health at Monash Health and Monash University.
  • Professor Leonie Segal, Research Chair, Health Economics and Social Policy, University of South Australia.
  • Via video link from the USA: Dr Claudia Gold, Paediatrician and Early Relational Health Specialist, UMass Chan Medical School, author of “The Developmental Science of Early Childhood”.

There will be multiple breakout sessions on topics such as health justice partnerships for perinatal women, consultation-liaison in a maternity hospital, good enough-parenting, peer support in perinatal mental health and infant mental health approaches will be available.

Day 2 will feature a morning workshop by Professor Galbally on the management of perinatal OCD and eating disorders, and an afternoon workshop by Dr Jackie Amos and Dr Liz Coventry from Centacare on their work in the treatment of early relational trauma.

Take advantage of EARLYBIRD prices and REGISTER NOW for this year’s Conference.

Register now
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Flinders University research project – volunteers wanted

Have you been diagnosed with high blood pressure during pregnancy and delivered in South Australia?

We are looking to hear experiences of women who were diagnosed with Hypertensive Disorder or preeclampsia during pregnancy. Your stories will help us to understand quality of antenatal and postnatal care. With the findings, we would like to provide recommendations in improving the care pathway in South Australia.

This is a research project and participation is entirely voluntary. We will conduct the interview online using Microsoft Teams that can take approximately 1 hour of your time.

To register your interest in participating, or to find out more about our study, visit the link below!

https://researchsurvey.flinders.edu.au/surveys/?__dashboard=LHAW78JFM79

Thank you.

Dr Habiba Jahan
jaha0032@flinders.edu.au

This project has received ethical approval from the Flinders University human research ethics committee (Approval. NO. 7188).