11 Feb 2025
RACGP unveils 19-point plan for general practice shake-up
At a major launch inside Parliament House, it called for the expansion of bulk-billing incentives to everyone under 35 and revealed plans to halve out-of-pocket costs for longer consults.
11 Feb 2025
Pilot program supports advice sharing between specialties
The ‘GP ASK’ trial allows non-GP specialists to directly advise GPs on patient management and healthcare, via phone or secure message.
11 Feb 2025
‘An important milestone’: New MS guidelines published
The first consensus statement for multiple sclerosis in Australia and New Zealand includes 80 recommendations for treating the disease.
10 Feb 2025
New subsidy for GP mental health training
Rural and remote GPs are encouraged to apply for a $600 training subsidy, designed to equip them with tools to better support their patients.
10 Feb 2025
Is your electorate impacted by a bulk-billing shift?
Almost 10% of Federal electorates, including all five in Tasmania, had no clinics offering bulk-billed standard adult consultations, new data found.
10 Feb 2025
What does the $573m women’s health package mean for GPs?
Labor’s plan, matched by the Coalition, includes new PBS listings for contraceptive pills and MHT, new rebates, funded training, and bolstered Medicare payments for IUD insertions.
06 Feb 2025
IWD: ‘You are enough, believe in yourself’
‘Advocate for other women and inspire them’, says one GP ahead of the RACGP’s International Women’s Day event series.
06 Feb 2025
In Practice: EOIs for accredited training sites
The RACGP is seeking to accredit new training sites in eligible GP catchments to address areas of workforce need across Australia.
07 Feb 2025
New cervical screening guidelines broaden self-collect options
The incoming guidelines bring simplification ‘without compromising quality and safety’ and increase the role of self-collection.
07 Feb 2025
‘Marshmallow-gate’ exposes ‘broader problem in our health system’
GPs say now is the time for systemic change, after a leaked email from a NSW hospital compared junior doctors to ‘clinical marshmallows’.