The College is seeking representatives to attend discussions Roundtables which have been convened by the Department of Health as part of the development of a national roadmap for improving the health of Australians with intellectual disability. The roadmap will be implemented from 2020 as part of the 10 Year Primary Health Care Plan.

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To support health practitioners in their delivery of generalist palliative care, Palliative Care Australia (PCA) is developing a Generalist Supplement to the National Palliative Care Standards. This work will be assisted by a consultancy firm, Aspex Consulting; the work is due to be completed by November 2021.

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The College has been invited to nominate a representative to join Cancer Australia’s Intercollegiate Advisory Group (ICAG).

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From Monday 1 February 2021 the Australian Government is mandating that prescribers must include the active ingredient names when preparing PBS and RPBS prescriptions. A software upgrade will be required so that only compliant scripts are printed from February. We recommend getting in contact with your software provider.

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The Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway, Darling Downs Health are running a Rural Generalist Advanced Skills Training introductory workshop for registrars who are starting their AST in internal medicine, mental health or paediatrics in 2021.

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ACRRM is playing an important role in the new Transition to College-Led Training Advisory Committee (TCLTAC), formed by the Department of Health and co-chaired by Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor Professor Michael Kidd AM, and Rural Health Commissioner Professor Ruth Stewart.

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Congratulations to the very deserving winners of ACRRM and RDAA Awards Week who have been recognised for their dedication and commitment to rural and remote medicine.

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MedicalDirector has made Active Ingredient Prescribing available in its Helix and Clinical 4.0 packages, from November, 2020, to support changes to prescribing legislation in Australia.

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Please be advised that a system upgrade will occur on ACRRM servers from 6.00pm on Friday 11 December until 5.00pm on Sunday 13 December 2020 which will result in downtime of the College website, My College and ACRRM Online Learning, as well as Connect@ACRRM.

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Please be advised that a system upgrade will occur on ACRRM servers from 6.00pm on Friday 11 December until 8.00am on Monday 14 December 2020 which will result in downtime of the College website, My College and ACRRM Online Learning, as well as Connect@ACRRM.

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The National Cervical Screening Program’s content formally hosted on Cancerscreening.gov.au has been moved to www.health.gov.au/NCSP and the content of the pages has been reviewed and adapted.

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Exercise is the best, cheapest, and most accessible medicine available, and in order to improve chronic disease mortality rates, people need to move more. Exercise Right is partnering with Exercise is Medicine® (EIM) Australia to help empower doctors around Australia to prescribe exercise as medicine with FREE online education accredited by ACRRM.

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The College has been invited to provide its feedback to the Department of Health on its Discussion Paper outlining a range of proposed reform opportunities for general practice training employment arrangements. The GPRA have also provided a Statement on these issues.

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College members have been invited to participate in the Stakeholder Forum for the post-market review of medicines for smoking cessation. The Forum will be held via webinar from 11:00 to 12:30 pm (AEDT) on 3 December 2020.

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The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) invites participation in the public consultation of a draft Guideline on the diagnosis and management of endometriosis.

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NPS MedicineWise are currently inviting nominations for two Non-Executive Director positions. Nominations must be received by 9:00 am (AEDT) on Monday 23 November 2020 to be considered. The preferred candidates will be invited to attend a formal interview with the Board Governance and Nomination Committee, currently scheduled to take place on or around 3 December 2020.

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For a limited time, General Practitioners who are registered in the Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP) can access grant funding to complete eligible online courses. This measure was introduced to continue support for professional development and skills maintenance during COVID-19.

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The College has been invited to nominate a representative to participate in the NSW Smoking Cessation Training Advisory Group. The Group is being established by the Cancer Institute NSW in partnership with the NSW Ministry of Health.

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The College has been invited to nominate two representatives to a Department of Health project focussing on reducing GP requests for pathology tests that are unlikely to support diagnosis or improve health outcomes for their patients. We are seeking members who may be able to participate on a voluntary basis.

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The Australian Digital Health Agency is delivering ACRRM PDP accredited one hour sessions until the end of the year, aimed at GPs, specialists, practice managers and practice nurses interested in learning more about My Health Record and how to use it most effectively in routine practice.

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