24 Oct 2024
Call to action: Future Leaders wanted
Applications for the program remain open, with one alumna saying those thinking of applying will ‘find that you are more than worthy’.
24 Oct 2024
GPs take a stand for ‘housing first’ in healthcare
The RACGP has honed in on policy changes it says are needed to support GPs working with patients experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.
24 Oct 2024
RACGP calls for regulation overhaul amid growing complexity
It says significant changes are needed to complaints handling, accreditation and governance, as a review works to ‘streamline and harmonise’.
23 Oct 2024
RACGP celebrates practice managers at national conference
The college used the event to ‘listen, discuss, and share’, highlighting the importance of the profession and learning what it needs.
23 Oct 2024
UK GPs vote to scrap physician assistants
Should Australia follow suit? After GPs in the UK voted to phase out physician assistants, the RACGP says yes, instead pointing to an existing model.
23 Oct 2024
‘Troubling increase’ in patients avoiding GP due to cost
With a 243% jump in NSW middle and high-income earners now delaying healthcare, the RACGP is calling for urgent intervention.
23 Oct 2024
New water guidelines for PFAS: What GPs need to know
Concerned patients have been urged to contact GPs with questions, after the NHMRC called for a crackdown on chemicals allowed in drinking water.
22 Oct 2024
Hip fracture outcomes best if guidelines followed: Study
High-level clinical care of hip fractures is associated with lower mortality, but experts say delivery of this care and follow-up must be improved.
22 Oct 2024
Is it time to trade in BMI for body roundness?
GPs need to move away from using BMI as a diagnostic tool, one expert in the field says. So how should patients’ weight risks be calculated?
22 Oct 2024
‘Nowhere else I’d rather be than rural’
One of SA’s latest GPs to receive a Rural Generalist Fellowship says it is an honour to serve her community and train the next generation.