22 Aug 2024

In Practice: Using CGM to enhance diabetes care outcomes

Learn more about the benefits and limitations of continuous glucose monitoring technology and how it can be applied in a rural practice.

21 Aug 2024

The GPs putting menopause in the spotlight

The RACGP Women in General Practice Weekend brought together dozens of doctors to expand their knowledge of the once-taboo topic.

21 Aug 2024

Study links semaglutide and suicidal ideation risk\

There are now calls for urgent investigation into the drug’s impact on mental health, but some GPs are urging caution when interpreting the research.

20 Aug 2024

Homebirth models of care must be ‘safe and resourced’: RACGP

The college has revealed its asks for proposed low-risk homebirth reform, including indemnity insurance for privately practising midwives.

20 Aug 2024

Research finds genetic link between Alzheimer’s and heart disease

It is hoped the new insights into the connection between the two conditions could significantly change patient care.

21 Aug 2024

Federal Government reveals long-awaited Better Access response

It says the mental health system is ‘difficult to navigate’, but supported less than half of the recommendations in full.

21 Aug 2024

RACGP cautiously accepts Victorian Single Employer Model

The pilot is part of an expansion to support the training pipeline and boost the rural GP workforce – but caveats remain, says the college.

20 Aug 2024

Preventable hospitalisations soar in GPs’ absence: AIHW

Patients with limited GP access are hospitalised three times more than their city counterparts, and the RACGP warns this will only worsen without a funding shakeup.

19 Aug 2024

What does the mpox emergency mean for GPs?

Experts are urging Australian GPs to be on the lookout for symptoms among their patients, after the outbreak was declared a global emergency.

19 Aug 2024

Incentivised training placements reduce registrar shortfall

Workforce shortage woes are starting to ease as RACGP incentive placements put 177 registrars in areas of urgent need, but there is still work to be done by government