PACOP & MPHN invite you to join us for the MPHN Stakeholder Strategy Meeting. Please join with key stakeholders to participate in discussions and provide your insights into the current context of palliative care in aged care within the Murrumbidgee region.

Welcoming of attendees opens from 11.30am with a light lunch, concluding the day at 3.30pm.

Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program (PACOP) supports aged care homes (ACHs) and community aged care providers in delivering optimal palliative and end-of-life care through routine assessments and evidence-based care planning.

This forum aims to explore opportunities to expand PACOP implementation within the Murrumbidgee PHN region, aligning with current and future palliative care initiatives. The goal is to strengthen networks and build capacity in aged care homes and community aged care providers.

For more information visit the PACOP website.

PACOP is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability & Ageing.

Join us for an informative dinner event in Young, where rehabilitation medicine staff specialists from Wagga Wagga will share their expertise in spinal cord injury care. The session will focus on common issues GPs may encounter in acute emergency and primary care settings, offering valuable insights and practical knowledge to support quality patient care.

Presented by 

• Dr Jenna Mewburn: Rehabilitation medicine staff specialist,
  Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.

• Dr Rachael McQueen: Rehabilitation medicine staff specialist,
  Wagga Wagga Base Hospital 

What’s on the Agenda?

• Acute management of autonomic dysreflexia

• Common issues arising in caring for patients with spinal cord injury: e.g. spasticity, bowel and bladder management, pressure injuries, ageing with a spinal cord injury, and sexuality 

• Specialist referral pathways for people living with a spinal cord injury.

Bring your case studies and questions for a dynamic and interactive discussion.

Register by 1 December 2025 at www.stickytickets.com.au/T4D9Z

Would you know what to do if an older person was having thoughts of suicide?

Join Anglicare’s Suicide Prevention for Seniors Program for a free training session that equips you with the skills to:

• Have empathetic conversations

• Identify suicide risk in older adults

• Support them with a safety plan and referral

This QIP-accredited training meets Suicide Prevention Australia standards and offers self-directed CPD points. A certificate is available upon request.

Be the person who makes a difference. Register now: 

https://www.stickytickets.com.au/Z336A

HammondCare has developed the Last Days and Last Days Dementia community programs to help carers understand what to expect, bust myths and provide practical resources when caring for a person who is facing the end of their life.

Delivered by a palliative or dementia care specialist, either face-to-face or online, the workshop equips participants with knowledge and tools to navigate the last days, including links to local palliative care support services and a comprehensive resource to refer to throughout this journey.

Included in the workshop:

• What to expect and the role of palliative care.

• What a “good death” might look like, and the choices we have.

• How to have conversations about dying and plan for what’s ahead.

• Practical information to assist with getting affairs in order. 

• Possible care choices and support available as we near death. 

• How grief and loss can impact individuals and support available.

• Common rituals, rules and regulations around death.

Go to hammond.com.au/lastdays to find out more.

If you’re caring for some at end-of-life, you probably have questions. A Last Days workshop will have the answers. MPHN is offering Last Days workshops to equip you to navigate the precious last days of someone you care for.

Berrigan: 10 November 2025 – 2pm-5pm
Berrigan Library, 52-54 Chanter St, Berrigan
Register here

Corowa: 11 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Corowa Golf Club, 1 Hume St, Corowa
Register here

Young: 24 November 2025 – 1pm-4pm
Young Services Club, 42 Cloete St, Young
Register here

Griffith: 25 November 2025 – 12.30pm-3.30pm
Griffith City Library, 229 Banna Ave, Griffith
Register here

Hay: 26 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Hay Services Club, 371 Murray St, Hay
Register here

HammondCare has developed the Last Days and Last Days Dementia community programs to help carers understand what to expect, bust myths and provide practical resources when caring for a person who is facing the end of their life.

Delivered by a palliative or dementia care specialist, either face-to-face or online, the workshop equips participants with knowledge and tools to navigate the last days, including links to local palliative care support services and a comprehensive resource to refer to throughout this journey.

Included in the workshop:

• What to expect and the role of palliative care.

• What a “good death” might look like, and the choices we have.

• How to have conversations about dying and plan for what’s ahead.

• Practical information to assist with getting affairs in order. 

• Possible care choices and support available as we near death. 

• How grief and loss can impact individuals and support available.

• Common rituals, rules and regulations around death.

Go to hammond.com.au/lastdays to find out more.

If you’re caring for some at end-of-life, you probably have questions. A Last Days workshop will have the answers. MPHN is offering Last Days workshops to equip you to navigate the precious last days of someone you care for.

Berrigan: 10 November 2025 – 2pm-5pm
Berrigan Library, 52-54 Chanter St, Berrigan
Register here

Corowa: 11 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Corowa Golf Club, 1 Hume St, Corowa
Register here

Young: 24 November 2025 – 1pm-4pm
Young Services Club, 42 Cloete St, Young
Register here

Griffith: 25 November 2025 – 12.30pm-3.30pm
Griffith City Library, 229 Banna Ave, Griffith
Register here

Hay: 26 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Hay Services Club, 371 Murray St, Hay
Register here

HammondCare has developed the Last Days and Last Days Dementia community programs to help carers understand what to expect, bust myths and provide practical resources when caring for a person who is facing the end of their life.

Delivered by a palliative or dementia care specialist, either face-to-face or online, the workshop equips participants with knowledge and tools to navigate the last days, including links to local palliative care support services and a comprehensive resource to refer to throughout this journey.

Included in the workshop:

• What to expect and the role of palliative care.

• What a “good death” might look like, and the choices we have.

• How to have conversations about dying and plan for what’s ahead.

• Practical information to assist with getting affairs in order. 

• Possible care choices and support available as we near death. 

• How grief and loss can impact individuals and support available.

• Common rituals, rules and regulations around death.

Go to hammond.com.au/lastdays to find out more.

If you’re caring for some at end-of-life, you probably have questions. A Last Days workshop will have the answers. MPHN is offering Last Days workshops to equip you to navigate the precious last days of someone you care for.

Berrigan: 10 November 2025 – 2pm-5pm
Berrigan Library, 52-54 Chanter St, Berrigan
Register here

Corowa: 11 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Corowa Golf Club, 1 Hume St, Corowa
Register here

Young: 24 November 2025 – 1pm-4pm
Young Services Club, 42 Cloete St, Young
Register here

Griffith: 25 November 2025 – 12.30pm-3.30pm
Griffith City Library, 229 Banna Ave, Griffith
Register here

Hay: 26 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Hay Services Club, 371 Murray St, Hay
Register here

Mindframe Plus: Safe Communication About Suicide and Mental Health

Free online workshop | Presented by Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN)

Learn how to communicate safely and compassionately about suicide, mental health, and alcohol or other drugs (AOD) in this evidence-based Mindframe Plus workshop.

This free, practical session will help individuals and organisations strengthen their confidence when responding to suicide incidents and develop communication that minimises harm and promotes hope.

What you’ll gain

• Practical skills to communicate safely and reduce stigma around suicide and mental health

• Tools to respond confidently and compassionately after a suicide incident

• Guidance on working effectively with media and community partners

• Strategies to create clear, safe messaging that supports wellbeing

Workshop details

Thursday 20 November 2025 | 9.00am–12.00pm
Register here

Thursday 5 March 2026 | 9.00am–12.00pm
Register here

This is a free workshop, made possible through funding from the Federal Government.

Content warning: Suicide will be discussed during the workshop. Support will be available during and after the session.

Find out more at mindframe.org.au or contact emma.bromham@mphn.org.au for further information.

Delivered by Blue Knot Foundation. Funded by Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network.

• One day only

• 9.30am to 4.30pm

• Free

This training provides the foundations for understanding complex trauma and its impacts. You’ll gain a trauma-informed lens to help you see challenging behaviours not as problems, but as adaptive responses to trauma.

Trauma Informed Practice is not about treatment — it’s about recognising that trauma is a possibility for anyone.

• Understand the types, prevalence, and impacts of trauma

• Explore the neurobiology of trauma and its effects on life and coping

• Reframe challenging behaviours through a trauma-informed lens

• Apply practical strategies to enhance safety, minimise re-traumatisation, and support recovery

• Use real-world case studies to practice trauma-informed responses

Wagga Wagga – Tuesday 28 October 2025 – Register here

Young – Tuesday 18 November 2025 – Register here

Griffith – Tuesday 17 February 2026 – Register here

Deniliquin – Tuesday 24 March 2026 – Register here

Blue Knot Foundation is Australia’s National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma. Their programs are evidence based, practical, and designed to support safer, more compassionate workplaces and communities.

HammondCare has developed the Last Days and Last Days Dementia community programs to help carers understand what to expect, bust myths and provide practical resources when caring for a person who is facing the end of their life.

Delivered by a palliative or dementia care specialist, either face-to-face or online, the workshop equips participants with knowledge and tools to navigate the last days, including links to local palliative care support services and a comprehensive resource to refer to throughout this journey.

Included in the workshop:

• What to expect and the role of palliative care.

• What a “good death” might look like, and the choices we have.

• How to have conversations about dying and plan for what’s ahead.

• Practical information to assist with getting affairs in order. 

• Possible care choices and support available as we near death. 

• How grief and loss can impact individuals and support available.

• Common rituals, rules and regulations around death.

Go to hammond.com.au/lastdays to find out more.

If you’re caring for some at end-of-life, you probably have questions. A Last Days workshop will have the answers. MPHN is offering Last Days workshops to equip you to navigate the precious last days of someone you care for.

Berrigan: 10 November 2025 – 2pm-5pm
Berrigan Library, 52-54 Chanter St, Berrigan
Register here

Corowa: 11 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Corowa Golf Club, 1 Hume St, Corowa
Register here

Young: 24 November 2025 – 1pm-4pm
Young Services Club, 42 Cloete St, Young
Register here

Griffith: 25 November 2025 – 12.30pm-3.30pm
Griffith City Library, 229 Banna Ave, Griffith
Register here

Hay: 26 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Hay Services Club, 371 Murray St, Hay
Register here

HammondCare has developed the Last Days and Last Days Dementia community programs to help carers understand what to expect, bust myths and provide practical resources when caring for a person who is facing the end of their life.

Delivered by a palliative or dementia care specialist, either face-to-face or online, the workshop equips participants with knowledge and tools to navigate the last days, including links to local palliative care support services and a comprehensive resource to refer to throughout this journey.

Included in the workshop:

• What to expect and the role of palliative care.

• What a “good death” might look like, and the choices we have.

• How to have conversations about dying and plan for what’s ahead.

• Practical information to assist with getting affairs in order. 

• Possible care choices and support available as we near death. 

• How grief and loss can impact individuals and support available.

• Common rituals, rules and regulations around death.

Go to hammond.com.au/lastdays to find out more.

If you’re caring for some at end-of-life, you probably have questions. A Last Days workshop will have the answers. MPHN is offering Last Days workshops to equip you to navigate the precious last days of someone you care for.

Berrigan: 10 November 2025 – 2pm-5pm
Berrigan Library, 52-54 Chanter St, Berrigan
Register here

Corowa: 11 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Corowa Golf Club, 1 Hume St, Corowa
Register here

Young: 24 November 2025 – 1pm-4pm
Young Services Club, 42 Cloete St, Young
Register here

Griffith: 25 November 2025 – 12.30pm-3.30pm
Griffith City Library, 229 Banna Ave, Griffith
Register here

Hay: 26 November 2025 – 10am-1pm
Hay Services Club, 371 Murray St, Hay
Register here

Don’t miss an evening with Dr Hester Wilson
Chair of the RACGP Addiction Specific Interest Group
Chief Addiction Specialist for NSW
Clinical Director, Murrumbidgee Drug and Alcohol Service

Guest Speaker:
Majella Parr
Transitional Nurse Practitioner – Pain Management, MLHD

Join us for an important educational session on safe opioid prescribing and management of dependence. This event will provide practical knowledge, clinical insights, and referral pathways to support best practice care.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the referral pathway for MLHD Chronic Pain Service

• Improve diagnosis and management of opioid dependence

• Gain practical tools to support safe prescribing practices

Target Audience:
General Practitioners, Medical Officers, Pharmacists

Accreditation:
This is a self-reporting CPD event.

Register by 21 October 2025 at www.stickytickets.com.au/TOOHC

Delivered by Blue Knot Foundation. Funded by Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network.

• One day only

• 9.30am to 4.30pm

• Free

This training provides the foundations for understanding complex trauma and its impacts. You’ll gain a trauma-informed lens to help you see challenging behaviours not as problems, but as adaptive responses to trauma.

Trauma Informed Practice is not about treatment — it’s about recognising that trauma is a possibility for anyone.

• Understand the types, prevalence, and impacts of trauma

• Explore the neurobiology of trauma and its effects on life and coping

• Reframe challenging behaviours through a trauma-informed lens

• Apply practical strategies to enhance safety, minimise re-traumatisation, and support recovery

• Use real-world case studies to practice trauma-informed responses

Wagga Wagga – Tuesday 28 October 2025 – Register here

Young – Tuesday 18 November 2025 – Register here

Griffith – Tuesday 17 February 2026 – Register here

Deniliquin – Tuesday 24 March 2026 – Register here

Blue Knot Foundation is Australia’s National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma. Their programs are evidence based, practical, and designed to support safer, more compassionate workplaces and communities.

Join us for an engaging evening of learning and collaboration at our upcoming dinner event. Don’t miss this opportunity to network and build relationships with local specialists.

Recommended For

GPs, registrars, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals. 

Event topics 

A/Prof Adriaan Venter
Respiratory and Sleep Physician

Screening for Pulmonary Nodules: An overview of the new lung cancer screening program launched on 1 July, with a focus on the detection and management of suspicious pulmonary nodules. Learn how the program works and the role GPs will play in its implementation.

Lung Function Testing: Understanding the performance and interpretation of lung function tests, including key indicators, reporting, and clinical applications.

A/Professor David Palmieri
Consultant Medical Oncologist and Physician

Overview and treatment: Non-small cell lung cancer, Immunotherapy toxicities and new targeted therapies

This is a self-reporting CPD event for all health professionals.

RSVP by 8 October 2025.

Are you a general practitioner, maternity care or community health clinician caring for women and families in the perinatal period (from birth to one year after birth)? 

PIPE-MC is a simulation based, interprofessional education program co-designed to strengthen the capacity of health professionals to care for women and their families with perinatal mental health concerns. 

22nd September 2025
8.30am to 4pm
Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network 1/185 Morgan Street Wagga Wagga 

To express your interest in a workshop email: PIPE-MC@westernsydney.edu.au with your 
Name 
Discipline / professional background 
Email address 
Workshop date preference 

Find out more about PIPE-MC www.pipemc.teeach.org.au 

General Practitioners across the Murrumbidgee region play a vital role in the care and monitoring of consumers prescribed clozapine. This session will explore the benefits of clozapine, management of adverse effects, TGA protocols, and how GPs and the Community Mental Health Team can work collaboratively to improve patient outcomes.

Learning outcomes:
After attending this event, participants will be able to:

• Explain the role of clozapine in managing treatment-resistant schizophrenia

• Identify common and significant side effects of clozapine

• Understand the monitoring requirements for safe clozapine use

• Recognise the risks of treatment interruption and the protocol for safe recommencement

RACGP and ACRRM accreditation pending

RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/M8pEDhcHT76HSgd2GKkYOQ

Limited places available. Book early.

Join us for an evening of learning and networking with other health professionals.

Recommended For

GPs, registrars, nurses, and allied health professionals. 

Presenter

Prof Gerard E Carroll AM 
MBBS, FRACP, FCSANZ
Consultant Physician and Interventional Cardiologist

Event topic 

Gain valuable insights into the latest approaches for diagnosing and managing heart failure.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the different classifications of heart failure

• Identify key diagnostic tools and their clinical applications

• Explore evidence-based pharmacological treatments for heart failure

RSVP by 2 September 2025.

Sponsored by Novartis

Join us for an engaging evening of learning and collaboration at our upcoming dinner event. Don’t miss this opportunity to network and build relationships with local specialists.

RECOMMENDED FOR

GPs, registrars, and nurses.

PRESENTER

A/Prof Adriaan Venter – Respiratory and Sleep Physician

EVENT TOPICS

Screening for Pulmonary Nodules – An overview of the new lung cancer screening program launched on 1 July, with a focus on the detection and management of suspicious pulmonary nodules. Learn how the program works and the role GPs will play in its implementation.

Lung Function Testing – Understanding the performance and interpretation of lung function tests, including key indicators, reporting, and clinical applications.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Keely Buckingham – Transition of Care Pharmacist, MLHD
Interactions between natural, alternative and conventional medicines used in the treatment of lung cancer

Thomas Podbury – Accredited Exercise Physiologist
Tailored programs for pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation

This is a self-reporting CPD event. Dinner provided.

RSVP by 20 August 2025.

We are excited to invite GPs, GP registrars, nurses and allied health professionals for an enriching day at the 2025 Enhancing Paediatrics in Primary Care Program (EPiPC) Education Day. 

This year’s free, full-day education will centre on preschool aged child behaviour/development and is an invaluable opportunity to deepen your skills, expand your knowledge and connect with fellow practitioners and experts in the paediatric field.

Topics will include:

• Developmental delay
• Allied health tips for the preschool age group
• Transition to school and educator perspectives
• Child and Family Health Nurse programs
• Hearing and vision screening
• Sleep
• and more!

RSVP by 13 August.

Morning tea and lunch will be provided.

This event is accredited for 4hrs Educational Activity (EA) and 3.5hrs Reviewing Performance (RP).
This will be a self-reporting CPD for all other health professional attending.

In person attendance is encouraged. For those unable to make the event in person, please contact MPHN CPD coordinator at events@mphn.org.au for a videoconference link.

Additional dinner event

For those attending the ANSC or EPiPIC workshops we would like to invite you to join us in the evening for light refreshments and canapes and connect with your peers, with a special guest. Saturday 23 August from 5pm-7.30pm. Numbers are limited for this evening catch up.

Register here for the dinner: www.stickytickets.com.au/N88L0

This annual full-day workshop focused on pregnancy care is for GPs who are interested in providing shared care in pregnancy, and GPs who want an update on first trimester care. General Practice Based Midwives are welcome to apply.

Session 1: Morning Program, 8.30am – 1.30pm

Local GP obstetricians and midwives will present the morning session, focusing on recommended Ultrasound, Blood Testing, risks in pregnancy, and referral for booking in 

RACGP/ACRRM: Educational Activities: 2hrs I Reviewing Performance: 3.5hr I Measuring Outcomes: 1.5hrs

Session 2: Afternoon Update Program, 2.00 pm – 4.30pm

The update session will feature presentations on Infections during Pregnancy, Sexual function and wellbeing, and Whats New 

RACGP/ACRRM: Educational Activities: 2hrs I Reviewing Performance: 1.5hr I Measuring Outcomes: 1.5hrs

Register by 13 August 2025 at www.stickytickets.com.au/QN48A

We are currently updating the structure of the Murrumbidgee GP Antenatal Shared Care Program

We will be asking about your interest in providing shared care through 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Interested GPs will be contacted later with further information.

Additional dinner event

For those attending the ANSC or EPiPC workshops we would like to invite you to join us in the evening for light refreshments and canapes and connect with your peers, with a special guest. Saturday 23 August from 5pm-7.30pm. Numbers are limited for this evening catch up.

Register here for the dinner: www.stickytickets.com.au/N88L0

Join us for an informative dinner event in Deniliquin!

Are you a GP, practice nurse, pharmacist, or allied health professional? Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with the Diabetes Mobile Outreach Team from St Vincents Health Sydney!

What’s on the Agenda?

• The latest updates in diabetes management

• Collaborative case discussions to navigate complex diabetes cases

• An overview of the Diabetes Mobile Service

Presented by:

• Associate Professor Alexander Viardot, St Vincents Health Network Sydney.

• Gael Holters, Credentialed Diabetes Educator & Clinical Nurse Consultant, St Vincents Hospital

Bring your case studies and questions for a dynamic and interactive discussion!

RACGP and ACRRM accreditation pending:  EA 1hr, RP 1hr

Register by 6 August 2025.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network and Murrumbidgee Local Health District present:

Penelope Tuffin – Pharmacist Lead, Palliative Care (WA Country Health Service)

Penelope is a contributing author to the Therapeutic Guidelines – Palliative Care chapter and we are fortunate to welcome her to the Murrumbidgee region to share her expertise at a special education evening.

Penny’s session will cover key learning outcomes including:

• Medicines commonly used outside their registered indication (off label use)

• Deprescribing approaches and practical tools

• Managing high dose opioids in patients with cancer

The evening will also feature interactive case studies and a multidisciplinary Q&A panel session including local experts and practitioners in palliative care. 

In person attendance is encouraged. For those unable to make the event in person, please contact events@mphn.org.au for a videoconference link.

We look forward to seeing you there!

RACGP/ACRRM pending.

Register by 1 August 2025 at www.stickytickets.com.au/NQ521

Webinar series: Enhancing medication management in Aged Care through Digital Health initiatives

Murrumbidgee PHN is pleased to invite you to the upcoming webinar series this month on enhancing medication management in Aged Care through Digital Health initiatives. 

Information session 2

Date: 29/07/2025
Time: 1.30 pm – 2.15 pm 

Topic: Implementing eNRMC in RACH: Promoting Safer Prescribing and Administration

Description:
This session covers how Residential Aged Care Homes (RACHs) can adopt the Electronic National Residential Medication Chart (eNRMC) to enhance medication safety. Participants will gain a clear understanding of: 

• What eNRMC is and how it functions within a residential aged care setting 

• How eNRMC supports safe and compliant medication prescribing, supply, and administration.

Who should attend: All staff working for RACHs, including RNs, care staff, administration, GPs, pharmacists, and facility managers.

Register here

Did you miss our recent face-to-face immunisation update? Don’t worry – we’re offering an online session to ensure you stay informed and up to date.

Join us for this essential update covering the latest immunisation guidelines, schedule changes, and best practices.

Who should attend:

Healthcare professionals who were unable to attend the in-person event or anyone seeking a refresher on current immunisation standards.

We look forward to seeing you online!

Register now: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/BDKYT