18 Apr 2024

Menopause mysteries: How we can improve outcomes

Upskilling in diagnosis and treatment can have profound benefits for patients – including many GPs – writes Dr Ceri Cashell.

18 Apr 2024

Fresh lens exposes variations in experience of medical training across genders

Australia’s doctors in training report differences in their experience of medical training based on their gender, according to results of the 2023 Medical Training Survey.

18 Apr 2024

Halt the Hospital in the Home ‘headaches’: RACGP

Plagued with inconsistent guidance, billing confusion, and poor communication, the college has written to the Health Minister calling for change.

18 Apr 2024

Scope of Practice Review Issues Paper 2 – call for submissions

We are now calling for submissions in response to Issues Paper 2

18 Apr 2024

Injuries in children and adolescents a significant contributor to hospitalisations in Australia

Every year, thousands of children and adolescents aged 0–18 across Australia present to an emergency department (ED) or are hospitalised for an injury or poisoning incident.

18 Apr 2024

Sunscreen Standard update

We will adopt the 2021 Sunscreen Standard into therapeutic goods legislation.

17 Apr 2024

EOIs for education research grants now open

The RACGP program provides substantial grants annually to fuel innovative research initiatives in general practice training.

17 Apr 2024

Scope review creating ‘McMedicine’: RACGP President

The investigation’s latest report left Dr Nicole Higgins ‘angry and devalued’, as it ‘trades off quality and safety for convenience’.

17 Apr 2024

Modelling reveals number of lives saved by COVID vaccine rollout

Research suggests the campaign saved nearly 18,000 over-50s in NSW alone between August 2021 and July 2022.

17 Apr 2024

Have your say on the state of general practice

GPs can take part in the Health of the Nation survey to inform the RACGP’s top-level advocacy and shape the future of general practice.