24 Jan 2024
Scope of practice review webinar
AMA members can hear first-hand from Professor Mark Cormack, who is leading the scope of practice review, at a webinar on Tuesday.
24 Jan 2024
WHO releases lower back pain guideline
The document, the first of its kind to be released by the WHO, considers 37 different interventions for the management of chronic lower back pain.
24 Jan 2024
Name change imposed on women’s health qualifications
RANZCOG will no longer be allowed to use ‘diploma’ or ‘advanced diploma’ for its courses, but has promised GPs everything else will remain the same.
23 Jan 2024
Preventive health checks linked to lower mortality risk: Study
Research focusing on patients who took the NHS Health Check in the UK found an association with lower risk of several diseases and death.
23 Jan 2024
First-of-its-kind inquiry launched into women’s pain
The investigation aims to overhaul Australia’s ‘old-fashioned attitudes towards women’, in a bid to improve healthcare and reduce stigma.
23 Jan 2024
Unleashing the potential of our health workforce – Issues Paper 1 released today
Today we released the first issues paper as part of the Scope of Practice review.
23 Jan 2024
Royal Hobart Hospital doctors-in-training recognised with prestigious awards
Three Royal Hobart Hospital doctors-in-training have been recognised for their exceptional contribution to health services in southern Tasmania in the annual Junior Medical Officer (JMO) of the Year Awards.
23 Jan 2024
Queensland receives rural workforce boost
More than 100 new rural registrars are expected to help with GP shortages across the state under specialised training.
23 Jan 2024
Consider incentives for four-year-old health checks: RACGP
The college has outlined how potential improvements to the practice incentives program could boost patient outcomes.
23 Jan 2024
Feedback invited on navigating and referring to mental health services
The Department of Health and Aged Care is working to understand the perspectives of health professionals regarding navigation, referral to, and uptake of mental health services and treatments, especially for patients with milder symptoms.