AMAV VICDOC Winter 2024 - Magazine - Page 55
R ESTO RI N G CO N FI D EN C E
LEADING THEMES
We are advocating for...
We are advocating for...
GENERAL PRACTICE
MENTAL HEALTH
General Practice Support and
Recovery Strategy interventions:
» Single Employer Model trial in 2025
» extension of GP Registrar
Incentive Payments
» payroll tax clarity and certainty
» removal of red tape
» reduced expectation for forms
to be completed gratis
» improved transfer of care
» support and recognition for
GP reduction of avoidable
hospital readmissions
» Continuation of the vital Chief
General Practice Advisor position
within the Department of Health
Expanding Victorian virtual specialist
consults to improve community access
to specialist opinions
State-initiated primary care measures
(e.g. pharmacy prescribing, Priority
Primary Care Centres) to not further
fragment GP-led, team-based care
Timely access to vaccines
Continuation of mental health service
funding, given the burden of the Mental
Health and Wellbeing Act and noting
that mental health services were unable
to be delivered at projected levels last
financial year due to workforce and
bed constraints
Improved communication from
the Department of Health about
implementation of the Mental Health
and Well Being Act, and Restrictive
Interventions and Compulsory
Assessment and Treatment policies
Solutions to enhance recruitment
and retention in the mental health
workforce, particularly those that
address increasing rates of occupational
violence and a lack of senior leadership
Reasserting the importance of the
medical model in mental health reform
» co-design of policy
» embedding clinician executive
decision-making authority within
the Department
» funding for appropriate remuneration
to enable experienced clinicians to
participate in such processes
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