Call the Victorian GP Clinical Advisory Service on 1800 812 804 (via DACAS Victoria). With the introduction of the Victorian SafeScript, a real-time prescription monitoring system, you can now access the GP Clinical Advisory Service (GPCAS), a peer-to-peer advice service to assist you with managing patients with prescription medication concerns and complex needs.

With the introduction of the Victorian SafeScript, a real-time prescription monitoring system, Victorian GPs can now access the GP Clinical Advisory Service (GPCAS), a peer-to-peer advice service for GPs to assist with managing patients with prescription medication concerns and complex needs.

Our GP Clinical Advisors are able to provide peer-to-peer support with:

• Managing the prescribing and quality use of medications for pain, anxiety and sedation,
• Assessing patients for risk of addiction,
• Managing treatment plans for patients with complex needs,
• Managing requests for drugs of dependence monitored through SafeScript,
• Options for treatment of prescription drug use disorders.

To contact a GP Clinical Advisor, GPs should call the Drug and Alcohol Clinical Advisory Service (DACAS Victoria, 1800 812 804), a Victorian telephone helpline that has been providing addiction medical specialist support to GPs for more than two decades.

Turning Point Director Professor Dan Lubman said: “This is a fantastic new initiative, with GP Clinical Advisors able to provide mentoring and support about prescribing and treatment options within two business days.”  GPs requiring a more urgent response should still call DACAS Victoria. 

Prof Lubman said the service was an important step forward in supporting GPs’ clinical needs: “With increasing harms related to prescription drugs accompanied by growing concern in the community, the establishment of this service comes at an opportune time.

To access GPCAS, GPs can call 1800 812 804 and ask to be referred to the service. A GP clinical advisor will call back within two business days to provide support.

For more information please visit www.gpcas.org.au or email gpclinicaladvisors@turningpoint.org.au

This is a Victorian government funded initiative managed by Turning Point, a national addiction treatment centre.