25 Feb 2025
‘Back to basics’ for blood cancer detection
With cases predicted to spike in the next decade, ‘good old-fashioned medical care’ can still help GPs to detect the cancer early.
25 Feb 2025
What do GPs really think of the $8.5b Medicare investment?
It is being touted as an unprecedented injection of funding – here’s how GPs from across the country are reacting to the Labor Party’s announcement.
24 Feb 2025
Historic $8.5b Medicare investment explained
Exactly what do the major parties’ commitments include and how will a promise to make ‘nine out of 10 visits to the GP free’ impact practices?
24 Feb 2025
Payroll tax relief passes Queensland Parliament
The state’s GPs are officially free from the tax after laws to permanently abolish it passed through Queensland Parliament.
24 Feb 2025
Changes in the works for general practice accreditation
GPs are being encouraged to give their feedback on proposed changes to the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme.
21 Feb 2025
Rural health snapshot reveals ‘shameful failure’
Urgent action is needed to bridge the health divide impacting rural communities, says the National Rural Health Alliance’s latest analysis.
21 Feb 2025
GP ‘gag clause’ for VAD to be scrapped
Victorian doctors could soon be allowed to raise voluntary assisted dying with their patients for the first time after the State Government vowed to update laws currently ‘impeding access’.
21 Feb 2025
Bringing family violence out of the shadows
Eleven years after her son was murdered, Rosie Batty will speak at a RACGP event empowering GPs to support patients experiencing abuse.
20 Feb 2025
IWD: The fight for better breast care
Ahead of International Women’s Day, one GP tells why she is committed to improving access to breast imaging in Tasmania.
20 Feb 2025
Extend and incentivise Heart Health Checks, say GPs
With Medicare funding for the program set to expire, experts have called for an extension as well as greater investment in primary care.