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’.
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.