Roles and Responsibilities

Divisional Roles: Divisions nationally are responsible for ensuring a focus on the GPNLG Agenda on issues of national importance. Divisions are thus responsible for:

• Raising issues for debate and discussion by the GPNLG that affect the network nationally;
• Reading and commenting on agendas and communiqués of the
• GPNLG, including ideas and solutions to national issues;
• Ensuring GPNLG members receive current advice and feedback; and
• Disseminating outcomes via locally appropriate communications relevant stakeholders, such as Board/ general practice.
  

The GPNLG members from SBOs are responsible for:

• Consulting and liaising with their members and stakeholders (eg Divisions of General Practice and local department of health personnel);
• Appropriately circulating meeting papers and resources to their constituents;
• Representing the views of their constituents; and,
  Providing feedback regarding meeting outcomes and decisions to their members.

AGPN is responsible for bringing a national perspective to the GPNLG and will have the primary responsibility for relationships with the Australian Government in areas of national policy and issues that effect the Divisional Network as a whole.