17 Jul 2024
Tribunal upholds NMBA decision to impose supervision conditions on aged-care nurse
A tribunal has upheld the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s (the NMBA) decision to impose supervision conditions on an aged-care nurse.
17 Jul 2024
Multilingual children – a guide to when to refer to speech pathology
Multilingualism has been linked with many benefits for children and families.
17 Jul 2024
Primary care providers invited to contribute to lung cancer screening program research
A new project called Design of information content for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program is seeking to identify and clarify the education and information needs for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program.
17 Jul 2024
Webinar talks about GP’s role in cancer care
Flinders University’s Caring Futures Institute is hosting a webinar on The role of the GP in improving cancer outcomes and achieving equity in cancer care on Monday, 2 September from 7pm to 8.30pm, in partnership with Cancer Australia and PC4
16 Jul 2024
General practice at the heart of hypertension roadmap
The plan aims to make good on the goal announced two years ago to more than double Australia’s blood pressure control rate.
16 Jul 2024
On-site aged care pharmacists must be linked to GPs: RACGP
The idea has been touted as addressing a key recommendation from the royal commission but has generated concerns over fragmentation of care.
16 Jul 2024
Healthed data breach exposes personal details
The RACGP says the incident highlights the importance of cybersecurity, while the educator confirmed it has ‘taken steps’ and notified those impacted.
16 Jul 2024
New tool aims to reduce kids’ hospitalisations for UTI
A world-first tool which determines a unique score of clinical features will help GPs decide the correct route of antibiotics for UTIs in children.
16 Jul 2024
Save the date for the palliative care sector’s biggest event – 2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference!
In 2023 over 1,400 delegates from Australia and the Oceanic region came together in Sydney, all driven by a shared passion for delivering quality palliative care.
16 Jul 2024
Supplementary labels for asthma inhalers to remove confusion
A shocking statistic that 94 per cent of Australian don’t use their asthma inhalers correctly has led to the development of an asthma inhaler resource that for the first time clearly address the two different types of inspiratory flow rate with inhalers.