August ended on a high note for the HealthPathways Western Australia team who celebrated completing their 300th pathway. They also recently collaborated with the metropolitan Local Area Health Services and Central Referral Services to successfully review, agree, and document referral criteria for seven common ENT conditions.

At the Australian National GP Medical Educators conference in Sydney in August, Dr Hilton Koppe gave a true masterclass in GP education.

HealthPathways Chief Implementation Advisor, Andy Froggatt spends quite a bit of his time talking to health care influencers around the world about how HealthPathways can help to transform their health systems. In his latest update, Andy provides an overview of emerging developments within the UK health system and highlights messages from the latest King’s Fund report which focuses on lessons learnt from transforming Canterbury’s health system.

Recently over 100 health professionals came together to mark the beginning of South Australia’s HealthPathways journey. The symposium held on 17 July provided an opportunity to introduce the newly-formed South Australia HealthPathways team, whilst showcasing the achievements of New Zealand and Western Australia HealthPathways.

Streamliners is keen to further develop its capacity by more effectively utilising the skills and knowledge of experienced HealthPathways Community members. With this in mind, we’re pleased to announce that Dr Louise Delaney has been appointed NSW Regional Clinical Advisor.

HealthPathways in Australia continues to grow from strength-to-strength with Brisbane North, Central Queensland, and Wide Bay recently celebrating the launch of their HealthPathways websites.

The NSW HealthPathways teams came together on 19-21 May at the General Practice Conference and Exhibition (GPCE) in Sydney to promote the use of HealthPathways to general practitioners and and practice teams.

Promoting and enhancing more connected care across the health system is the aim of a new series of integrated care forums being launched collaboratively by New Zealand's Southern District Health Board and WellSouth Primary Health Organisation. The first forums on the subject of HealthPathways take place this week.

While health systems across much of the world were crippled by the recent WannaCry ransomware attacks, there were oases of relative calm – the New Zealand health system in general and in the UK where the National Health Service (NHS) was severely disrupted, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust weathered the crisis very well.

Three days of practical workshops and training spread between Darwin and Alice Springs marked the launch of Northern Territory HealthPathways. The workshops focused on high-level planning and strategy to enable HealthPathways to integrate smoothly alongside local service providers.

There was plenty of fanfare when Cairns celebrated the official launch of the Cairns HealthPathways website to a lively crowd of health professionals at the National Rural Health Conference.

Queensland HealthPathways regional teams are going from strength to strength, with the arrival of SpotOnHealth HealthPathways to the HealthPathways Community. It brings the number of Queensland HealthPathways regions to eight.

The official launch of HealthPathways in Nepean Blue Mountains was a collaborative affair, with members from neighbouring HealthPathways regions and professionals from across the local health system coming together to embrace the potential of HealthPathways.

Women in New Zealand's Southern district requiring pipelle biopsies now have faster and easier access to the procedure thanks to a collaboration between clinicians from Southern DHB and WellSouth, and Southern HealthPathways.

HealthPathways Melbourne, which is led by North Western Melbourne and Eastern Melbourne PHNs, has ended 2016 on a high thanks to an award linked to their work on the Lower Back Pain pathway.