24 May 2024
New Aged Care Incentive ‘a bandaid solution’
GPs are calling for the program to be reformed, saying its requirements are too onerous and the incentives are too low.
24 May 2024
Practice Owners Conference kicks off
The RACGP is expecting a ‘thought provoking’ and jam-packed weekend for practice owners to step away with a clear outlook for the future
24 May 2024
Summary of Change for 1 July 2024
Indexation Radiation Oncology changes Other changes to general medical services Changes to the diagnostic imaging services Changes to the pathology services
24 May 2024
COVID-19 update 24 May 2024
COVID cases in SA There have been 1,906 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia in the past week.
24 May 2024
Tribunal cancels doctor’s registration and removes him from practice for at least eight years
A tribunal has reprimanded a medical practitioner, Dr Atheer Hmood, cancelled his registration, disqualified him from applying for registration for a period of eight years, and prohibited him from providing any health service which involves physical contact with a female,
24 May 2024
Greater protections for WA patients as National Law changes are enacted
Key points The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Application Bill 2023 was passed by the Parliament of Western Australia on 9 May and is now an Act of Parliament The Act strengthens health practitioner regulation and public protection in Western Australia .
24 May 2024
National Palliative Care Week 2024 – a landmark event for health and care sectors
‘Matters of life and death’ have been the central focus of National Palliative Care Week 2024.
23 May 2024
Learn about the Medical Costs Finder
The Department of Health and Aged Care has produced an explanatory video on the Medical Costs Finder.
23 May 2024
RACGP welcomes SA payroll tax reform
After months of negotiation, South Australian GPs will be permanently exempt from paying the tax on earnings from bulk billed services.
23 May 2024
Expansion of the National Sign Language Program (NSLP)
From 1 July 2024, the NSLP will include sign language interpreting and captioning services for health and medical appointments.