General Practice Liaison Officer program
The GPLOs are a team of experienced GPs and an Optometrist with general/private practice backgrounds.
The General Practice Liaison Officer (GPLO) program is a partnership between Metro North Hospital and Health Service and Brisbane North PHN.
The GPLOs are an experienced team of GPs and an Optometrist who bring their unique insights to improving system integration between hospital and primary care services.
GPLO activities include:
- facilitation of multi-disciplinary GP and health provider education events
- practice visits to support the use of integrated systems including Health Provider Portal, GP Smart Referrals and HealthPathways and discuss new services and patient pathways
- working to improve clinical handover between hospital to primary care and enhancing continuity of care
- providing primary care advice to key working groups and contributing to health service planning and the development of pathways of care and state-wide referral guidelines
- designing and implementing new models of care including shared care models
- providing GPs with regular communications through the PHN’s weekly newsletter, GP Link.
GP education events
GP education events are led by our GPLOs and specialists at Metro North Hospital and Health Service.
For more information about upcoming GP education, visit the Brisbane North PHN events page.
To access resources from our GP education events, visit the Metro North Hospital and Health Service GP education resources page.
Contact the team
Find out more about the program at General Practice Liaison, Metro North Health or contact us.
