27 Mar 2024
Could psychotherapy ease depression in aged care?
Researchers say it also reduces an ‘over-reliance on antidepressants’, but one GP says the plan is impractical without a funding boost.
27 Mar 2024
RFDS demand soars amid rural GP shortage
The service is sounding the alarm, after a critical lack of remote doctors was partly responsible for a 9% jump in retrievals last year alone.
27 Mar 2024
Nine in 10 AGPT participants satisfied with program quality
Results from the 2023 National Registrar Survey suggest the transition to college-led training was ‘very successful’, according to an RACGP rep.
27 Mar 2024
Know the right treatment options for your needs this Easter
The Department of Health is calling on Tasmanians to know their treatment options ahead of the Easter weekend, which is typically a busy period for hospitals and health services.
27 Mar 2024
Women’s History Month – Celebrating female sporting icons in Australia
Iconic moments in women’s sports have led the way for women and girls in sport today.
27 Mar 2024
Helping your loved ones get home from hospital for Easter
Families, friends and carers of patients in hospital are being urged to assist health services by supporting their loved ones to return home in time for Easter, once they are ready to leave.
26 Mar 2024
The medical educators ensuring equal opportunities for IMGs
The Fellowship Support Program has ‘grown enormously’ in the past year, and could expand further should it receive Government support.
26 Mar 2024
Updates to the HTA Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee – 26 March 2024
Updates to the HTA Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee – 26 March 2024
26 Mar 2024
Tribunal disqualifies nurse for five years for repeated sexual harassment
A tribunal has disqualified a registered nurse from re-applying for registration for five years after he continually sexually harassed a work colleague for seven months.
26 Mar 2024
GP training numbers up but politicians told more is needed
Day two of the GPs @ Parliament campaign focused on workforce shortages, with doctors demanding the Government fix the profession’s ‘second-rate entitlements’.