Supporting healthcare professionals & improving access to opioid pharmacotherapy services

Many Victorians are dying each year due to misuse of opioids, and many of these deaths are attributable to pharmaceutical opioids. Orticare’s goal is to change this pattern by improving access to treatment for people with opioid dependency.

Supporting healthcare professionals & improving access to opioid pharmacotherapy services

Many Victorians are dying each year due to misuse of opioids, and many of these deaths are attributable to pharmaceutical opioids. Orticare’s goal is to change this pattern by improving accesss to treatment for people with opioid dependency.

Grampians Loddon Mallee Pharmacotherapy Network

Orticare is the Grampians Loddon Mallee Pharmacotherapy Network, one of five area-based networks in Victoria. We are working to create better access to pharmacotherapy services for all clients living in this region. Our purpose is to support regional health professionals who are providing this treatment through workforce education, clinical support, consultation and promotion.

For Prescribers

Essential resources and training opportunities for General Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners.

For Nurses

Essential resources and training opportunities for General and AOD Nurse Practitioner Candidates

For Pharmacists

Essential resources and training opportunities for Pharmacists and Pharmacy staff.

Addiction Medicine Specialists

Orticare, the Grampians Loddon Mallee Pharmacotherapy Area Based Network, have established an Opioid Management Clinic in Ballarat. The OMC is a service available for patients and health care professionals across the Grampians Loddon Mallee. It provides for primary and secondary consultations, and multidisciplinary case conferencing with Dr. Adam Straub B.Sc (CHem) Hon (WVU), MBBS(Melb), FAChAM.

Opioid
Management Clinic

Victorian Opioid Management ECHO

Upcoming Events & Networking Sessions

19.10.2023 - THURSDAY
In Person

Life Changing Nature of Opioid Agonist Treatment

Horsham CNM | Life Changing Nature of Opioid Agonist Treatment

In this clinical network meeting we will hear about Opioid Agonist Treatment from three perspectives.

Speakers:
Dr. David Wilson – OAT prescriber
Emma Mackley – AOD nurse
Anonymous – OAT patient

When: Thursday 19th October
Time: 6:00pm registration of a 6:30pm start – dinner provided
Where: Horsham Golf Club – 304 Golf Course Road, Haven

Registrations close on the 16th of October

17.10.2023 - TUESDAY
In Person

Bendigo AOD Services Showcase

Are you unsure of the AOD treatment services available in the Bendigo region, and how your patients can access them?

If so, please join us for this informative event!

Speakers:
Opioid Management Clinic – Dr Adam Straub AMS
Bendigo Community Health Services – Sheenah Van Eck – Senior Leader Alcohol and Other Drugs Clinical Services
BDAC – Daniel Fawkner, Program Manager of Wellbeing
Salvation Army – Renato Angelo – Team Leader of Intensive Services
YSAS – Lee Kennedy, Nurse Practitioner

When: Tuesday 17th October
Time: 6pm for a 6:30pm start – dinner provided
Where: Latrobe University, Engineering Building – Room ET 1.03

Registrations close on the 13th of October

07.09.2023 - THURSDAY
In Person

Echuca CNM | ADHD & Substance Use Disorder

Prof Ogden has a special interest in ADHD and substance use. Up to 40% of the patients in his clinic treating substance use disorder have ADHD. He is an excellent communicator with deep understanding and compassion for people living with serious drug dependence.

6pm registration for a 6:30pm start – dinner provided

Echuca Regional Health – board room

226 Service St, Echuca

Latest News

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| 21.03.2023

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Orticare News

| 08.03.2023

February Issue 2023

Pharmacotherapy prescribing – an insiders perspective

Pharmacotherapy is an evidence-based medical treatment that can drastically improve and even save lives.

The following is an interview with four passionate advocates and prescribers of this treatment.

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