18 Nov 2024
Offering telehealth? Ensure you’re covered
SPONSORED: With the rise of technologies, have new telehealth guidelines introduced potential implications for medical practitioners’ liability?
18 Nov 2024
Surge in working-age people avoiding GP care due to cost
More than one in every seven patients aged 25–34 is now holding off on a visit to their GP, reflecting the cohort’s absence from recent bulk-billing incentives.
18 Nov 2024
Home Care Package subsidy increasing to pass on wage rise
We are increasing the Home Care Package subsidy on 1 January 2025 to pass on the Fair Work Commission Stage 3 decision to increase award wages for eligible workers.
16 Nov 2024
Measles alert for Sydney’s Inner West
NSW Health is advising people to be alert for signs and symptoms of measles after being notified of a confirmed case who was infectious while visiting several locations in Sydney’s Inner West.
16 Nov 2024
Testing and treatment numbers on the rise as GPs work to eliminate hepatitis in the community
Hepatitis C testing rates have tripled in our region in the past year and treatment rates continue to climb, thanks to a targeted program supporting GPs to identify and care for patients with the chronic health condition.
15 Nov 2024
Study finds vaping risk rises with childhood trauma
Research has revealed children who experience trauma are 63% more likely to vape regularly, and experts say GPs play a crucial role.
15 Nov 2024
Causes of injury leading to hospitalisation and death over the last decade revealed
Falls, transport, assault and accidental poisoning are among the leading external causes of injury hospitalisations and deaths in Australia, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
15 Nov 2024
Join the new chair driving the development of the National Health and Medical Research Strategy
Join Ms Rosemary Huxtable AO PSM at 2:00pm AEDT on 5 December 2024 to learn about the National Health and Medical Research Strategy.
15 Nov 2024
‘The system let him down’
One mother shares the story of her son who died aged 26 from long-term effects of alcohol, saying there were failings in the health system to connect him with appropriate care.
15 Nov 2024
RACGP pushes for changes to Medicare Safety Net
As patients on low incomes continue to forego care due to out-of-pocket costs, the RACGP is urging for safety net thresholds to be lowered.