Department of Health & RACGP Victoria Webinar: childcare centre health response
On-demand recorded 3 Jul 2025
Please note, this webinar contains information about child abuse and sexual abuse.
Victoria Police is investigating allegations of sexual assault against children in a number of childcare centres across Melbourne.
This webinar covers details of the case GPs need to know and locations affected, required testing, the role of the hotline in triaging testing, mandatory reporting to child protection, and key supports and services for affected children, families, and GPs caring for them.
This event is part of Department of Health Victoria and RACGP Victoria - Quarterly update webinar series. Events in this series are:
Host
Dr Anita Muñoz
Chair, RACGP Victoria council
Anita Muñoz is a GP in private practice in Melbourne's CBD and has a dedication to evidence-based medicine, lifelong learning, and promoting the role of general practice in the health of patients, communities and in public health more broadly.
Speaker
Dr Christian McGrath
Deputy Chief Health Officer, Victorian Department of Health
Dr Christian McGrath is a general and infectious diseases physician with extensive experience in multidisciplinary health environments. He has additional skills in education, journalism and science. Christian has over a decade of experience in clinical infectious diseases and public health management. He has statewide experience leading in both a Pandemic environment (in the Department of Health, COVID Quarantine Victoria, North Eastern Public Health Unit) and essential business within public health and healthcare. Christian was appointed as Deputy Chief Health Officer (COVID-19) in 2022 and Deputy Chief Health Officer Communicable Diseases in December 2023.