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Murray PHN connects health systems and primary health services to improve health outcomes for people across the region. Repeat offenders may be blocked.

Murray PHN distributes evidence-based primary health information to benefit people and communities in our region. While we welcome feedback or questions in response to our posts, we will remove comments that are offensive, abusive, misleading or inaccurate. Murray PHN connects primary health services to improve health outcomes for people. The key priorities are to reduce hospital admissions, prevent cancers, increase immunisation rates and improve the mental health system. To become a part of a primary health network in your community, register to be a Murray PHN stakeholder via our website.

22/10/2025

Today is Drop the Jargon Day - a day that aims to highlight the ways that unclear or confusing language can create barriers to healthcare, particularly for people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

A range of resources are available on our multicultural health webpage, including tips and training for working with interpreters and people from culturally linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as local support services for community members: https://murrayphn.org.au/community/multicultural-health/

16/10/2025

Vale Dr Alison Green - a life taken too soon
It is with great sadness that we advise the tragic death of Murray PHN Deputy Chair and Board Director Dr Alison Green on Friday 10 October. Alison will be greatly missed, particularly by her colleagues at Murray PHN, having been an integral part of our Board for eight years.
We acknowledge Alison’s significant and longstanding contributions to her patients, local community and the general practice profession. We will remember Alison as being a vibrant, down-to-earth and passionate member of our team. Our thoughts go out to her family, friends, colleagues and the patients whose lives she touched.
We also send our deep condolences to her friends and colleagues at the Central Medical Group in Wodonga, where Alison has been a pivotal and much-loved figure for more than 30 years.

14/10/2025

Happy Allied Health Professions Day 🎉 and what a better way to celebrate, than with our second Community of Practice event in Bendigo this morning.

Thank you to all allied health professionals for the vital role you play in keeping our communities healthy and well 🙏

This year's theme ‘Stronger together’ highlights the benefits of multidisciplinary team-based care.

In rural and regional settings such as ours, we particularly need strong rural health teams, consisting of a range of health workers, including allied health professionals, to improve access to and the delivery of care.

If you are an allied health professional and want to stay informed of key updates and events, subscribe to our allied health newsletter, here: https://murrayphn.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=96f5bedf36ad581c69d8e8b65&id=c1a2014d21

09/10/2025

We're delighted to see so many local practitioners announced as this year's state award winners for the quality care and training they're delivering to our rural communities 🤩👏

Our congratulations and best wishes for the national award ceremonies go to (The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine awards are in late October and The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in November):

🏆Albury Wodonga's Dr Erin Wright: ACCRM Victorian Registrar of the Year.
🏆Castlemaine's Dr Dominic Blanks: ACCRM Victorian Rural Generalist Medical Educator of the Year.
🏆Echuca-Moama’s Dr Peter Nesbitt: ACCRM Victorian Rural Generalist of the Year.
🏆Swan Hill's Heidi Annand: ACCRM Medical Student of the Year.
🏆Wangaratta's Dr Olivia Stuart: RACGP Victorian GP Supervisor of the Year.
🏆Mildura's Sunraysia medical centre (pictured): RACGP Victorian General Practice of the Year.

Sunraysia Medical Centre received its award for a patient-centred, community-minded and multidisciplinary approach, including health education and promotion to local ethnic groups, and an annual health seminar held at the local Men’s Shed.

Dr Mehdi Sanatipour OAM described it as a great honour to receive the award.

"The dedication and hard work of doctors, nurses and admin staff, as well as partners in community helped Sunraysia Medical Centre achieve this award," said Dr Sanatipour.

"The innovative approach to healthcare with the support from Murray PHN allowed Sunraysia Medical Centre to provide world class care to rural patients who would otherwise be missing out.

"Examples of these innovations are remote patient monitoring, a nurse-led heart failure clinic and chronic disease care coordination for frequent emergency department visitors.

"We would like to thank our lovely patients for their nomination of our practice, and our partner organisations who provided their support for this nomination."

06/10/2025

The number of older adults living permanently in residential aged care homes is growing, and the prevalence of mental health conditions is substantially higher in these settings than in the general community.

Declining physical health and cognitive impairment, along with grief and loss of different kinds are some of the many risk factors that can impact how a person is feeling.

To support the mental health of older adults living in residential aged care, Murray PHN commissioned Swinburne University of Technology Wellbeing Clinic for Older Adults to develop a practice guide focusing on psychological strategies, rather than medication-related ones, which Director of Swinburne’s Wellbeing Clinic for Older Adults Professor Sunil Bhar says is a “world-first”.

The 58-page guide, which has also been audio-described, offers an overview of practical, innovative and evidence-based recommendations, insights, strategies and step-by-step protocols for adapting and delivering psychological treatments to overcome multiple barriers to care - telling people how to do things rather than just why they matter.

Murray PHN also funds local health services to provide Psychological Therapy Services (PTS) to older people living in residential aged care who are at risk, have mild to moderate symptoms or a diagnosis of mental illness. This includes for assistance with relocation, transition and adjustment stresses, grief, loss and bereavement, and depression and anxiety. Residents, family, carers, an aged care assessment clinician or a staff member working in a residential aged care facility can book in for PTS. No formal referral is required and residents do not need to leave their home for appointments.

To access the guide and for more information on PTS visit our webpage: https://murrayphn.org.au/focus-areas/healthy-ageing-and-aged-care/psychological-therapy-services-in-residential-aged-care/

01/10/2025

🆕 We have two full-time roles in our chronic disease and mental health teams.

🔵 Mental Health and Wellbeing Commissioning Program Lead - Albury or Bendigo - Applications close Sunday 5 October.
We're looking for someone to lead, coordinate and implement key projects and activities that improve the effectiveness of commissioning activities, including risk assessment and mitigation, contract and procurement plan drafting, and quality improvement projects.
Learn more and apply here: https://murrayphn.connxcareers.com/job/details/9f774c6e945e4fed98322f7fd690b592

🔵 Manager Complex and Integrated Care - Albury, Bendigo, Mildura or Shepparton locations - Applications close
We're looking for someone to build strategic partnerships, co-design initiatives with stakeholders and champion person-centred, trauma-informed and culturally safe integrated care to improves access and outcomes for diverse communities.
Learn more and apply here: https://murrayphn.connxcareers.com/job/details/3a63d0a445d44352ba49243c16fe9676

30/09/2025

The mental health and wellbeing pop ups across the Alpine region have now come to a close - Thanks to everyone who visited, connected, or simply took a moment connect.

While the pop ups have wrapped up, support is still close by, so if you or someone you know needs to talk, please reach out.

• Lifeline 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
• Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800
• headspace 1800 650 890
• Parentline 13 22 89
• MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78
• Bush Support Line 1800 805 391
• 13YARN 13 92 76 (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)

Partners in Wellbeing is also available Monday to Friday on 1300 375 330. Or a full list of available supports in the region, visit: http://bit.ly/3KsBG9R

A special thank you to the Punkah Pantry, Riverdeck Cafe and Cafe Fez for opening your doors to the community and creating a warm and welcoming space for people to connect. And to regional service partners Albury Wodonga Health, Wellways, Gateway Health, Alpine Health, Alpine Shire Council, APMHA HealthCare Ltd, ACSO and Partners in Wellbeing for standing alongside the community with compassion and commitment.

28/09/2025

Murray HealthPathways users: Generic logins and passwords are being switched off tomorrow, Tuesday 30 September‼️

To maintain access, register for a personalised account (if you haven't already) using personal or work emails, not shared addresses e.g. admin@ - it takes less than five minutes and access is instant.

Register here: https://murray.communityhealthpathways.org/welcome

For more on the changes, read a FAQ here:https://murrayphn.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Personalised-accounts_FAQ_V3_April.pdf

Or to learn more about Murray HealthPathways, visit our webpage: https://murrayphn.org.au/focus-areas/digital-health/healthpathways/

25/09/2025

A reliable roof over your head is one of the basic necessities of life, yet homelessness rates are growing due to a housing supply shortage and limited social housing, combined with the challenges of buying or renting an affordable home.

Homelessness doesn’t discriminate – it affects men, women, older people, young adults and families. People who are experiencing homelessness or unstable housing situations often find it difficult to break a poor health cycle.

The lack of safe, secure and stable housing, along with complex psychosocial factors, a lack of nutrition and hydration are some of the factors that contribute to poor health in people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Building on Murray PHN's in-depth health needs assessment on homelessness, we are releasing this new report today to provide community members with some of the key insights into the threat of housing insecurity in our region and the associated impacts.

Read the report:https://murrayphn.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RP0328_MHR_Homelessness_2025_Final.pdf

18/09/2025

Murray PHN held its first community of practice event for allied health professionals in Mildura last week and was pleased to welcome clinicians from various specialties, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, social workers and speech pathologists. We also thank Lime Therapy who delivered a presentation that shared collaborative and client-centred models of care.

We look forward to supporting and growing this important network across the region. The next meeting will be in Bendigo on Tuesday 14 October - to register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/allied-health-community-of-practice-bendigo-tickets-1658312450179?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/09/2025

The Distress Support Service is a free, community-based service for adults offering early, short-term and practical support before things become critical. Trained staff at local community organisations will listen, respond with care, and connect you to the right help.
Launching in Darebin and Shepparton, the trial will run until 2027 and is jointly funded by the Australian and Victorian governments.
Learn more: https://go.vic.gov.au/4lX8rZY

11/09/2025

➡️Location changes: A series of free drop-in mental health and wellbeing pop-ups are being offered across Porepunkah, Bright and Myrtleford to provide a calm, welcoming space where you can speak with someone, access local services, or simply take a moment to pause. You don’t need a referral or an appointment. You are welcome to come as you are.

Drop-in from 10am – 3pm.

POREPUNKAH @ Punkah Pantry
🟣 Monday 15 September
🟣 Thursday 18 September

MYRTLEFORD @ Cafe Fez
🟢 Friday 12 September
🟢 Friday 19 September

BRIGHT @ The Riverdeck Kitchen
🟡 Tuesday 16 September
🟡 Wednesday 17 September

We’re here to walk alongside you, and we encourage you to reach out, even if it’s just for a quiet moment or a friendly conversation.
Partners in Wellbeing are available to speak to from Monday through to Friday by calling 1300 375 330.

Please remember you are not alone, support is available:
🔵 Lifeline – 13 11 14
🔵 Beyond Blue – 1300 22 4636
🔵 Kids Helpline (ages 5–25) – 1800 55 1800
🔵 headspace (ages 12–25) – 1800 650 890
🔵 Parentline (parents/carers) – 13 22 89
🔵 MensLine Australia – 1300 78 99 78
🔵 Bush Support Line (rural/remote support) – 1800 805 391
🔵 13YARN: Provides free and confidential 24/7 crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (13 92 76)

Alpine Health Albury Wodonga Health APMHA HealthCare Ltd Gateway Health Wellways ACSO

This pop-up initiative is being supported by Mental Health and Wellbeing Local in Benalla, Wangaratta, and Mansfield. Mental Health and Wellbeing Local is a free, community-based service funded by the Victorian Government, supporting people to access mental health care when they need it, in a way that’s local, approachable, and easy to navigate.

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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