02 Feb 2024
AHPRA set to gauge doctors’ views of its role
The regulator will use a different approach from its most recent survey, which found doctors had the least positive view of its work.
02 Feb 2024
Three weeks on the bench for concussed players
The AIS’s new recommendation for all community sport is aimed at offering ‘clear and consistent guidance’ for injured players.
01 Feb 2024
One year of GP training: A medical educator reflects
The return to college-led training has brought new opportunities and nationwide distribution of diverse skills, an RACGP medical educator says.
01 Feb 2024
In Practice: Reflective writing for clinician wellbeing
The Doctors for Women in Rural Medicine Committee is hosting a new workshop aimed at overcoming isolation and reducing burnout.
01 Feb 2024
RACGP President outlines vision for Australian healthcare
On Medicare’s 40th birthday and in front of the nation’s top decisionmakers, Dr Nicole Higgins said GPs must be better acknowledged and resourced for their critical work.
01 Feb 2024
New figures show early impact of tripled bulk billing incentive
There has been a 2.1% rise in bulk billing rates nationally, with regional areas recording significantly higher increases.
01 Feb 2024
Why GPs don’t need to have all the answers
Dr Tim Jones writes about how an empowering exchange with one of his patient’s teachers helped spread the load and deliver outstanding results.
31 Jan 2024
First cell-based flu vaccine added to National Immunisation Program
The locally made Flucelvax QUAD vaccine is due to be available on the NIP for certain patients from the beginning of March.
31 Jan 2024
Funding crucial for GPs’ ‘integral role in disability care’: RACGP
GPs have been overlooked in a proposed overhaul of Australia’s disability healthcare sector, according to a new college submission.
31 Jan 2024
Vaping numbers surge despite crackdown
Almost 400,000 Australians took up vaping between December 2022–23, representing a 30% year-on-year increase.