21 Feb 2023
Mystery over proposed pharmacy prescribing ‘trials’
NSW pharmacists will be able to side-step the TGA and extend oral contraception by July – but patient safety protections remain unclear.
21 Feb 2023
‘GPs can no longer subsidise care’: Bulk billing hits lowest mark in a decade
Fresh figures show general practice bulk-billing rates continue to slide as the Department of Health releases new details for the first time.
20 Feb 2023
Lismore GP welcomes primary care disaster funding
Health service providers impacted by last year’s floods are set to share $5 million in government grants, but more support is likely needed.
20 Feb 2023
RACGP to help lead mental health reform
President Dr Nicole Higgins will be attending a special workshop alongside Ministers Mark Butler and Emma McBride to propose solutions involving general practice.
16 Feb 2023
RACGP backs NACCHO’s pharmacy concerns
Both organisations warn that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s care will be compromised by pharmacist prescribers.
16 Feb 2023
‘A cultural issue’: Minister calls for attitude shift to general practice
‘We’ve got to get away from this idea that general practice is somehow a B grade,’ the Federal Health and Aged Care Minister has said.
15 Feb 2023
Crackdown on ‘unsafe’ online prescribing underway
The Medical Board of Australia has already imposed restrictions on some individuals against issuing prescriptions through telehealth.
14 Feb 2023
AHPRA proposes changes to health practitioner regulation
The planned reforms would increase the decision making role of community members on practitioner misconduct committees.
14 Feb 2023
Flying doctors suggest rural health fixes
RFDS report shows stark lack of rural health access, with the commonest emergency presentation being one that primary care could help prevent.
13 Feb 2023
GPs back renewed push for extended dispensing rules
It has been nearly five years since the PBAC recommended increasing maximum dispensed quantities of prescriptions.