Aboriginal Health Forum
Outpatients
In response to the Victorian Auditor General�s Report �Access to Specialist Medical Outpatient Care� (June 2006) the Victorian Department of Human Services established an Outpatient Improvement and Innovation Strategy with a two-three year timeframe.
An advisory committee has been established with a number of sub-committees. GPLO representatives have been appointed to these committees and GPV is playing a support role to these representatives.
To assist in general practice representation both on a local level and state-wide, GPV consulted the general practice community on their requirements of outpatient services. The resulting document was endorsed by the Board of GPV on February 2007.
View GP requirements of Outpatients (PDF 21.63KB)
Outpatients was recognised as a significant area of work in the 07-08 annual plans of Victorian general practice liaison services.
The General Practice Liaison Services across metropolitan Victoria are working to:
- provide GPs with web based information on outpatient clinics on health service web sites
- improve the quality of GP referral to outpatients (VSRF)
- improve communication from outpatients to general practice.
For further information contact:
Jane Measday, GPLO Program Consultant Ph: 03 9341 5220 | Fax 03 9341 5299 | Email j.measday@gpv.org.au