Commissioning
New headspace centre in Glen Iris to open in September
Sunday, 14 February 2021
South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network is pleased to announce Access Health and Community will lead a consortium to support and deliver youth services in a new headspace centre in Glen Iris, due to open in September 2021. Glen Iris is part of the Local Government...
Open tender: deliver a holistic alcohol and other drug service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Monday, 1 February 2021
SEMPHN is pleased to invite eligible organisations to tender to deliver alcohol and other drug and wellbeing services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the lifespan. Why is this service needed? From a review conducted of the South Eastern...
Tender open: Refugee, People Seeking Asylum and CALD Community Suicide Prevention Capacity Building Initiative
Friday, 6 November 2020
South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN) is pleased to invite eligible organisations to tender for the establishment and delivery of a refugee, people seeking asylum and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community Suicide Prevention Capacity...
Tender open: Up to $250k funding per General Practice available for Care Coordination
Friday, 23 October 2020
Is your General Practice in the South Eastern Melbourne catchment thinking of implementing care coordination? Or, does your practice want to take care coordination to the next level? South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN) is seeking eligible general...
THRIVE program to support sports clubs
Friday, 25 September 2020
Sporting and recreation clubs across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula will be better able to support the mental health and wellbeing of their members through the delivery of the THRIVE program. THRIVE is a holistic, evidence-based model using the principles of Positive...
Tender open: Establish and operate headspace Glen Iris
Friday, 25 September 2020
South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN) is pleased to invite eligible organisations to tender to be the lead agency for the new headspace centre delivering a service model responsive to the needs of young people and families residing/studying/working and/or...
EOI open: up to $1million funding for GP-led COVID-19 Mental Health Clinics in Casey, Cardinia and Frankston/MP
Friday, 4 September 2020
SEMPHN is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from accredited general practices to provide a COVID-19 Mental Health Clinic service for a period of 12 months. The Australian Government has funded Primary Health Networks in Victoria to establish 15 new mental health clinics...
$1.7m funding boost helps 11 clinics increase their services in the after hours
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
SEMPHN is pleased to announce 11 general practices have been awarded funding to increase availability of their services in the after hours. The tender was open to all general practices across the 10 local government areas of the SEMPHN catchment. SEMPHN sought...
New headspace satellite opens in Pakenham
Friday, 3 July 2020
Pictured: headspace Pakenham staff welcoming young people From 1 July, young people can access better mental health support with the opening of a new headspace satellite service in Pakenham. The Pakenham satellite complements parent site headspace Narre...
Join our tender information session on 27 April: Aboriginal mental health services
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN) is pleased to invite eligible organisations to tender for the delivery of mental health and suicide prevention services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Join this information on 27 April, 11am-12pm....
Tender open: Provide mental health and suicide prevention services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN) is pleased to invite eligible organisations to tender for the delivery of mental health and suicide prevention services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Why is this service needed? ...
Open tender: provide support directly after a suicide attempt
Friday, 17 January 2020
SEMPHN is pleased to invite organisations to tender for the delivery of The Way Back Support Service in a consortium with Beyond Blue and Monash Health, within the Local Government Areas of City of Casey and City of Greater Dandenong. The Way Back Support Service is...
Would your General Practice like funding to provide after-hours patient care?
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN) is seeking Expressions Of Interest (EOI) from accredited General Practices across the SEMPHN catchment to extend their existing operating hours in the After-Hours (AH) period. Benefits of after-hours care include: ...
Video consults make mental health services more accessible
Friday, 16 August 2019
Pictured: Dr Qusai Hussain from Cyber Clinic South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network has funded Cyber Clinic to provide a secure online platform for video mental health consultations as part of the already existing Accessible Psychological Intervention (API)...
SEMPHN appoints beyondblue to deliver low intensity mental health interventions in Dandenong
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
SEMPHN is pleased to announce that beyondblue has been successful in receiving funding to deliver low intensity mental health interventions in Dandenong – an area of high mental health need. Beyondblue will deliver a multifaceted service offering peer support to people...
Our approach to commissioning
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Background From 1 July 2016, as directed from the Commonwealth Government, Primary Health Networks (PHNs) moved from delivering health services directly to the community, to delivering health services through a commissioning framework. Commissioning refers to the strategic...
Mental health
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
SEMPHN coordinates primary mental health care across south eastern Melbourne and commissions services to address the mental health needs of our community. We commission services to support people with mild, moderate and severe mental health needs. These services...
Commissioning
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Our latest funding opportunities To register your interest and/or apply for funding opportunities visit our tender portal eProcure. To receive detailed summaries of our latest funding opportunities and announcements, subscribe to our commissioning newsletter,...
Chronic Disease
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Chronic diseases are the leading cause of illness, disability and death in Australia. With changing lifestyles and ageing population, chronic diseases have become increasingly common and now cause most of the burden of ill health. Based on available data, the table...
After Hours
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
SEMPHN’s After Hours (AH) commissioning activities are guided by the Commonwealth Government’s AH objectives, which are to: increase the efficiency and effectiveness of AH primary care for patients, particularly those with limited access to health services improve...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
SEMPHN commissions services aimed at improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s access to high quality and culturally appropriate care. This includes care coordination, mental health, alcohol and drugs, and suicide prevention services. Other than the...
Suicide Prevention
Friday, 2 December 2016
Suicide prevention is a shared focus of the Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services and the Primary Health Networks, an Australian Government initiative. As part of the Victorian Suicide Prevention Framework, the Victorian Government aims to halve...
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Alcohol and Other Drugs SEMPHN invited tenders late in 2016 from organisations keen to address one or more of the following priority areas in the South Eastern Melbourne PHN catchment: Reduce adolescent use of alcohol within the LGAs of Bayside, Cardinia and Mornington...
Cancer Screening
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
SEMPHN is working to increase cancer screening participation rates for the three national cancer screening programs: bowel, breast and cervical cancer. The focus is on population groups in local government areas who have never been screened or are overdue for a cancer...
Events and Education See all
Course in Wound Closure
External events
Thursday, 25 February 2021
8:45 - 16:30
Frankston
Allied Health Professional, General Practitioner, Nurse - Practice Nurse...
Webinar: Aged care COVID-19 vaccine rollout
SEMPHN events
Thursday, 25 February 2021
11:00 - 12:00
Online via Zoom
General Practitioner, Medical Specialist, Nurse - Practice Nurse...
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