General Practitioners (GPs) are pivotal in the management of patient care in the community. SA Health acknowledges that partnering and connecting with GPs is critical to improving health outcomes for all South Australians.
This page provides information about strategic initiatives and programs as well as the latest updates and resources from SA Health to support GPs in their practice.
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- Clinical Prioritisation Criteria — please refer to the CPCs to ensure your patients are accepted and categorised based on standardised statewide clinical referral criteria.
- HealthPathways SA — point of care assessment, management and referral pathways for specific health conditions, to manage patient care in the community and when necessary, refer to the appropriate outpatient service.
- Hospital avoidance and discharge support services — services and programs to help patients avoid emergency department visits and hospital admissions, as well as return home from hospital sooner.
- SA Community Care for health professionals — for short-term care in patients’ homes, after returning home from hospital or to help avoid a hospital stay when safe and appropriate.
- Outpatient referrals — referral forms and requirements for public hospital outpatient services.
- Referral guidelines — for 13STAR, Home Dialysis Electricity Concession and National Bowel Cancer Screening Program colonoscopy referrals.
- Referral to mental health services — treatment order and consumer rights information and translations, access to medication information and training for health professionals.
- Bereavement for GPs and other primary health care clinicians
- End of life care resources
- Exclusion from from childcare, preschool, school and work
- Infectious disease control (clinical guidelines on infectious diseases such as COVID-19, gastro, measles, meningococcal, STIs).
- Infectious disease fact sheets
- Iron deficiency resources for GPs
- Sepsis
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