General practice grants and programs

In support of Strengthening Medicare and other general practice improvement initiatives, over the course of this year and beyond, we will be promoting a number of grants and practice improvement opportunities for WA general practices.

Current initiatives:

Find out more about current initiatives below

MyMedicare

A new voluntary patient registration model to strengthen the relationship between patients, their general practice, general practitioner and primary care teams.

Urgent Care Clinics

Medicare Urgent Care Clinics will help deliver a new model of care to reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments.

Primary Sense

An easy to use population health management, clinical decision support and data extraction tool for general practices.

General Practice Grants

General practices can apply for one-off grants to invest in innovation, training, equipment, and minor capital works.

Future initiatives:

Please check the webpage regularly for updates.

Previous initiatives:

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Endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics

Two WA-based general practices have been selected by the Australian Government to run endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics.

EOI: Nurse Practitioner Pilot

General practices and ACCHS can apply to take part in a pilot to place nurse practitioners in primary care.

EOI: Greater Choices

A small pilot project to support the work of GPs through the provision of a grant to establish a “Palliative Care Champion”.

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