Request for Information - MDT Melton General Practice Commissioning

The overall objective of the Health Care Neighbourhood Project is to establish a collaborative, patient-centred approach to care, where primary health care providers from diverse disciplines work together, improving patient outcomes and delivering safe, high-quality health care through a multidisciplinary approach.

The Health Care Neighbourhood Project aims to:

• Strengthen the capability of primary care providers to deliver multidisciplinary care; and
• Improve patient care by designing and delivering multidisciplinary care in general practice.

The general practice teams comprise of general practitioners, practice nurses and administrative staff at each practice. These teams will design and operationalise the model in their own practice.

Eligibility:

To participate, your practice will need to meet the following criteria:

• Located within Melton LGA
• Accredited practice
• Have 2-8 GPs consulting at the practice
• Nominating a named GP lead, practice nurse and administrator for the project
• Agree to utilise supplementary funding to support the delivery of enhanced multidisciplinary care at no cost to patients. This funding is designed to cover services and activities that are not funded through standard MBS arrangements. All patients involved in the project must be bulk billed.
• Providers currently applying to participate in the project as a Neighbourhood Care Team (via Request for Tender) are not eligible to apply for this funding.