Local GPs gather
05 April 2024
More than 75 local General Practitioners (GPs) working in our region turned out for Northern Adelaide Local Health Network’s (NALHN’s) first-ever GP Education Day to expand their skills and knowledge around common health issues impacting our northern community.
The event began early on a Saturday in March, to get through a full day of speakers – all leading NALHN medical specialists. They presented to the group on a range of prevalent health topics, including common endocrine conditions, bowel cancer screening, chronic renal failure, ADHD in children and adolescents, and more. While many GPs also took the opportunity to update their CPR skills throughout the day.
Hosted by NALHN’s GP Integration Officers, Dr Emily Gibson, and Dr Jaiveer Krishnan (pictured below), the event was an opportunity to gain feedback from our GP community about how NALHN can improve health outcomes for our local community.
Common themes and questions from GPs centred around the need to improve referral pathways for better patient management and specialist access, and more timely discharge summaries.
While their suggestions for improving the wider public health system included employing more doctors, reducing waiting times, increasing staffing and funding, improving communication, and enhancing telehealth services.
“GPs are our essential primary caregivers and are often the first port of call when someone experiences illness. We hope that by providing this education day we can assist them with referral pathways and alternative patient pathways, to make their job easier and the patient journey better,” says Dr Gibson.
“The day was all about connecting with GPs, giving them relevant and useful information, discussing challenges, and raising awareness about NALHN’s GP Integration Service that is here to support them.”
For more about NALHN’s GP Integration Unit, visit: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/nalhngpiu
Pictured (L–R): Dr Satish, Dr Lucas, and Dr Koti from Europa Medical Practice take a break during presentations.
This event was supported by funding from Adelaide PHN through the Australian Government’s PHN Program.
