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This week on February 7 marks a significant day in the healthcare industry - the inaugural Primary Health Care Nurses Day.

As is very well known, the primary health sector experienced significant stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic above and beyond lockdown stressors.

As more Australians are living longer, an increasing number of general practice encounters are for people aged 65 or older (more than one in three).

With Australia emerging from pandemic crisis mode, primary health providers are returning their focus to chronic disease management (CDM) and preventive health.

It is an interesting time for quality improvement in primary care, with new comparative data reports as well as new software tools available in the market.