06 Nov 2024
‘Unprecedented’ demand on PBAC forces extra meeting
Its capacity has been exceeded by a ‘huge pipeline of new medicines’, after companies put forward a record number of submissions.
06 Nov 2024
GP wins top award for ‘global leadership in health’
From Brisbane to New York, former UN Medical Director and Queensland GP Dr Jillann Farmer has been honoured with a UQ Alumni Award.
06 Nov 2024
Medicine and parenting: Significance of stress and burnout
RACGP NSW&ACT Chair Dr Rebekah Hoffman’s recently finished PhD thesis explores an all-too-familiar balancing act for many GPs.
06 Nov 2024
Billing education package aims to ease GPs’ ‘huge concern’
The RACGP has released a new CPD solution to support members in optimising billing strategies and address concerns around financial and business viability.
06 Nov 2024
Empowering GPs with women’s health insights – conference highlights
Women’s health matters – the GP conference highlighted this theme at Rydges Hotel in Campbelltown on Sunday, November 3.
06 Nov 2024
Free RACGP Healthy Habits Program tool
The latest evidence on behaviour change demonstrates that when clinicians advise and encourage patients to make lifestyle changes, more than half can make positive changes within six months.
06 Nov 2024
GP Profile – Dr Jian Li
It was the personal touch that appealed to Dr Jian Li when she decided to become a GP after a stint at working in the hospital system. Continuity of care is important as she supports her patients through their many life stages.
06 Nov 2024
Gallery showcases virtual worlds created by sick kids
Virtual worlds created by patients at the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) have been curated in an exhibition, showcasing the Future Stories project.
05 Nov 2024
‘Empowering’ Healthy Habits program changing lives
Doctors are urged to use the tool to help patients beyond the consulting room, with one GP saying it can ‘motivate behavioural change’.
05 Nov 2024
Early bird registration open for 2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference in Brisbane!
The wait is finally over! Early bird registration is now open for the 2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (25OPCC), 10 - 12 September 2025 in beautiful Brisbane.