24 Sep 2024
Study questions ‘piece-meal’ health prevention funding
The Australian research shows only a sliver of the health budget is dedicated to prevention and promotion, but GPs say small changes will make big differences.
23 Sep 2024
Help shape the next general practice standards
Member feedback will inform the next edition Standards, to help ensure the new indicators are reflective of Australian general practices.
24 Sep 2024
New National Sustainable Asthma Care Roadmap released
Each year, Australian inhalers cause the same greenhouse impact as 350,000 cars, but experts have found a way to help both patients and the climate.
20 Sep 2024
GP jumps into the ‘Deep End’ for Churchill Fellowship
A movement in Scotland connecting GPs working in the most deprived communities has inspired Dr Tim Senior to create more networks at home.
20 Sep 2024
GPs speak out amid walk-in centre concerns
GPs say they are increasingly troubled about the fragmentation of care the nurse-led centres create and the model’s impact on patient safety.
23 Sep 2024
Much-needed new Tassie GPs bolstering state’s workforce
Forty new Fellows were welcomed to the profession on Saturday in a boost to the state’s struggling healthcare system.
24 Sep 2024
GPs’ naloxone reminder amid rising opioid overdoses
GPs must have ‘non-judgemental, matter-of-fact conversations’ about the life-saving medicine, says a harm-reduction advocate.
23 Sep 2024
Further expansion of NIP shingles vaccines
GPs can now offer their immunocompromised patients over 18 years old a subsidised shingles vaccine, but the expansion has raised questions about supply.
23 Sep 2024
Patients under-reporting adverse drug reactions: Study
Despite many Australians knowing they can report ADRs, notification rates are low, especially when using digital reporting tools.
19 Sep 2024
Medical Board fees to increase
The registration will increase more than any other next year, jumping to $1027, but AHPRA said it has ‘worked hard to find a balance’.