The recent primary care reforms in Australia have affected many of our HealthPathways colleagues in the form of preparing their bids, a period of uncertainty, and now the reality of winding up the old Medicare Locals and creating or joining the new Primary Health Networks.

In April, the Canterbury DHB intends to launch an online survey on the management of urinary incontinence in women. The survey team is interested to hear if any other regions would like to be involved in this study.

HealthPathways Illawarra Shoalhaven officially launched their work program on 23-24 February in Kiama.

This week, members of Mackay's local healthcare sector came together at the Integrated Mackay HealthPathways Forum.

Last week South Western Sydney held a two-day seminar and workshop to introduce HealthPathways to nearly 100 local health practitioners.

The HealthPathways Writing Team has rapidly grown, with eight new technical writers joining the team since November last year.

Juanita Gibson is moving from her current role as Manager of HealthPathways at Streamliners, to become an independent consultant offering extra support and expertise in pathway development, implementation, maintenance, and review.

A review paper on HealthPathways and a paper of an online survey of the website's use and effectiveness in Canterbury were published in the latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal.

2014 has been one of huge growth for the HealthPathways community. We’d like to congratulate members of the HealthPathways Community on all they’ve achieved this year.

From 1 July 2015, responsibility for providing health services to residents of the Chatham Islands transfers from Hawkes Bay DHB to Canterbury DHB.

Eastern Melbourne HealthPathways recently launched their live site at the “Beyond Pathways” event.

Just one year after going live with their website, HealthPathways Barwon celebrated the milestone of 100 localised pages.

The 3D HealthPathways Team won the 3DHB Sub Regional Collaboration award at the 3DHB Quality Improvement and Innovation Awards in Wellington, NZ.

The official launch event for Tasmanian HealthPathways was a great success.

Western Sydney's Clinical Lead, Dr Michael Crampton and Clinical Editors, Drs Michelle Crockett and Sharon Muir were recently recognised at RACGP's Annual Academic Awards in Adelaide.