Preventative Health

Nicole Campain

Program Coordinator
Email: nicole.campain

Diabetes, Lifestyle Modification Program

What is Preventative Health?

Health education, health promotion, self management education, allied health collaboration and providing or enabling access to support programs aimed at promoting good health, reducing the risk of illness, symptom recognition and management and prevention of exacerbations are becoming a major part of general practice business. General practice has a major ongoing and changing role to play in management and treatment, care coordination, education and advocacy for clients. A key objective is that general practices have a sustainable system that supports more integrated primary and community care services

What does Preventative Health Program do?

Under the Preventative Health Program BGPN provide guidance and support to assist general practice and other health providers to play a more effective role in preventative health care. The BGPN provides specific support for the following areas Diabetes , Lifestyle Modification Programs, Smoking Cessation

How can the Network help you?

BGPN provides the following support services :

• Act as an ‘expert’ resource on the MBS item numbers, templates and processes for implementing recall and reminder programs in general practice
• Develop and coordinate alert meetings for GPs and practice staff on new MBS items/national programs that are introduced during the year
• Coordinate BGPN advice to Government on options for better integration of preventative health practice through the Medicare schedule, other existing government programs and through the development of the National Preventative Health Strategy
• Integration with other health care providers as relevant to Chronic Disease Management delivery through the network
• Promote and facilitate GP uptake of Life Style Modification programs including

What has the Preventive Health Program Achieved?

• 84.78% of BGPN Practices refer into a LMP
• A highly successful MBS Item number night provided information on Care Planning, Case Conferencing & Health Checks (MBS Items)
• Continued Community Health Support through the BGPN /Bunning’s Men’s Health Day and Beaumaris Rotary Stayin' Alive Men's Health Night
• Smoking Cessation support material supplied to every BGPN practice.
• Participation & support for the South East Bayside Diabetes Alliance