General Practice Liaison Officers (GPLO)

GPLOs work regionally and statewide and are tasked with improving communication between the acute/sub-acute services and the community.

The aim of the service is to smooth the patient's journey across the various sectors of health care. Alongside the role, the General Practice and Primary Care Unit helps coordinate consultation and collaboration across Tasmania's GPLO resources to ensure a statewide perspective and consistency of focus to ensure patients have homogeneous access to services.

The scope of GPLO

General Practice Liaison Officers (GPLOs) work at the interface between primary care and tertiary care. 

The roles and responsibilities of General Practice Liaison Officers include facilitating: 

• appropriate clinical pathways between settings 
• transfer of care, clinical handover and hospital discharge documentation and processes 
• better integration of services 
• identifying and addressing service gaps, especially at the interface between primary and tertiary care
• Improve communication, collaboration and engagement between primary and tertiary care

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