21 Feb 2024
Funding needed to ‘help share the workload’: RACGP
Commonwealth support should be funnelled into expanding general practices to include multidisciplinary care teams, according to a college submission.
21 Feb 2024
RACGP stands up for climate action
The college will take its fight for environmental action directly to Parliament House when it advocates at a Duty of Care Bill public hearing.
21 Feb 2024
Have your say on the role of consumers in accreditation
The Accreditation Committee (the committee) invites you to give feedback on its draft proposed principles (the principles) to strengthen the involvement of consumers in accreditation.
21 Feb 2024
Study busts smoking population myths
The first national profile of Australia’s 2.5 million smokers shows many are educated, employed and do not have poor mental health.
21 Feb 2024
$50 million for the world’s most advanced artificial heart
The Australian Government is investing $50 million in technology that has the potential to half deaths from heart failure globally. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
21 Feb 2024
$93 million for research into improved health for children, young people and the aged, medical devices, mental health and stem cell therapies
Applications are open for 5 new Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant opportunities.
20 Feb 2024
‘Unhurried whole-person care’ proves best: Study
Longer consultations and a regular GP have proven vital in keeping older Australians out of hospital, according to findings from a 1000-patient clinical trial.
20 Feb 2024
TAS ELECTION: ASTHMA AUSTRALIA CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, SUPPORT FOR AIR QUALITY EDUCATION
Asthma is the fourth most prevalent disease in Tasmania (1) yet only a small percentage of the state’s healthcare budget has been committed to this chronic condition.
20 Feb 2024
Shingles management added to pharmacy prescribing pilot
Victorian pharmacists can supply treatments from next month, but one GP says ‘fearless’ evaluation is key to the trial's success.
20 Feb 2024
How Academic Posts can offer ‘enormous benefits’
Ahead of applications for the next round of the program, past and present academic registrars share highlights and expectations.