
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program – even payment split announced
Bulk billing incentive payments changes from 1 November 2025 will expand the eligibility of bulk billing incentives to all Australians with a Medicare card.

Consumers in Western and Far West NSW are invited to provide feedback on patient experience surveys in general practice to improve patient-centred healthcare.
RFBI was a recipient of Western NSW Primary Health Network’s Telehealth Support Grant, and with their own additional investment were able to purchase the Visionflex telehealth cart for their Dubbo Masonic Village.
WNSW PHN welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement of payments of up to $21,000 for GPs and rural generalists, under the Workforce Incentives Program (WIP)- Rural Advanced Skills payment.
The Stratford Scholarship is a new, national opportunity for an emerging Peer leader from diverse and intersectional backgrounds who want to be part of transformational change in their community.
A Western T2 Diabetes Scholarship allowed dietitian Wendy Arney from Coomealla Health Aboriginal Corporation to attend the Diabetes Congress and Diabetes for Dieticians.
New laws come into effect today (28 November 2023) that will allow eligible people and patients in NSW a choice to access voluntary assisted dying. NSW is the last state to allow access to Voluntary Assisted Dying and from this morning, practitioners and patients can start the process of applying for access.

Bulk billing incentive payments changes from 1 November 2025 will expand the eligibility of bulk billing incentives to all Australians with a Medicare card.

This year marks 10 years since the establishment of the Primary Health Networks (PHNs). A decade of working to build healthier communities, both nationally across 31 PHNs and locally through the Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) in the Far West and Western regions of NSW.

The Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing invites GPs and general practices to attend a webinar on upcoming changes to bulk billing.

This National Diabetes Week, the spotlight is on prevention and early intervention to create a healthier future for everyone. In Western NSW, a series of ECHO sessions facilitated by Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is supporting that goal “ bringing together local GPs, GP registrars, nurses, pharmacists, Aboriginal health professionals, and allied health practitioners to build knowledge, confidence, and capacity in Type 2 Diabetes care.

The Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care “ My Care Future project, which will help the Orange and Dubbo communities to plan for their future health care, launched today in Orange.

Last month, the WNSW PHN hosted 314 healthcare professionals in Orange, Dubbo and Broken Hill at it’s tenth annual Immunisation Conference.

New GP Chronic Conditions Management (GPCCM) MBS items commence from today, 1 July 2025.

This year, as part of our Reconciliation Action Plan, the WNSW PHN held events across all offices to honour and amplify National Reconciliation Week and its 2025 theme of Bridging Now to Next.

Learn more about the new National Lung Cancer Screening (NLCSP) and what your role you play in the screening program as a health professional.

More than 100 health professionals gathered in Dubbo last Saturday for the 2025 Type 2 Diabetes Masterclass “ a full-day, multidisciplinary learning event that brought together clinicians, educators, and lived experience to strengthen diabetes care across Western NSW.