07 Feb 2025
Commission reveals drop in fully bulk-billed patients
The RACGP is calling for greater GP investment, as new figures reveal a significant decline in patients receiving fully bulk-billed GP services.
06 Feb 2025
Hopes $1.7B hospital boost flows to general practice
A GP expert has welcomed the one-off payment but says ‘we need to endow the system with more funding to just manage the day to day’.
07 Feb 2025
GPs are increasingly concerned’: RACGP takes advocacy to Canberra
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the college is calling for affordable access to healthcare for all postcodes.
05 Feb 2025
Tour to see ‘amazing’ new GPs flags need for rural boost
A RACGP delegation has been left excited by the enthusiasm of regional Victorian recruits but urged MPs to heed calls to fix the GP shortage.
05 Feb 2025
RACGP calls for PHN overhaulr
The college says evaluation of long-term goals, and reform to better integrate general practice with the wider health system, are needed.
05 Feb 2025
Number of opioid prescriptions falls
Monash University researchers also found a drop in long-term prescriptions but a rise in the number of prescriptions started by young people.
04 Feb 2025
‘Another benefit’: The pill shown to reduce ovarian cancer risk
Australian research finds the oral contraceptive pill can reduce risk of the cancer by 26% among women who have used it at any age.
03 Feb 2025
‘A big difference’: Poisons Standard change brings hope
Reduced paracetamol pack sizes are now in force, as a new report highlights the number of children hospitalised due to preventable medicine-related issues.
04 Feb 2025
GP’s research shedding light on end-of-life care
On World Cancer Day, one GP’s innovative research is transforming care for cancer patients in their final months of life.
03 Feb 2025
Single Employer Model expanded in Queensland
A new four-year pilot will see the State Government employ 60 GP trainees, giving them entitlements akin to those training in a hospital.