12 Dec 2023
College-led training proves successful
It has been less than one year since the RACGP resumed responsibility of GP training, but students are already reporting improvements in learning.
11 Dec 2023
Former Oakden manager banned from nursing for 10 years
A former manager of the Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Facility has been disqualified from nursing for a decade.
11 Dec 2023
PBS subsidy arrangements for fluoxetine SSSI
PBS subsidy arrangements for fluoxetine SSSI
11 Dec 2023
RACGP ‘so incredibly important’: Michael Kidd
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer stopped by his old stomping ground to share his inspiring views on the future of general practice.
11 Dec 2023
Devonport Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens for patients
Opening from Monday 11 December, the Devonport Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) is a dedicated medical facility designed to provide ready access to non-emergency medical care.
11 Dec 2023
Interest spikes as new COVID-19 vaccines land
Supplies are due to arrive in general practices this week, with GPs seeing a significant upturn in patients wishing to get boosted.
11 Dec 2023
‘We need to find a treatment’: World-leading researcher’s long COVID plea
Dr Ziyad Al-Aly has lamented the lack of options for people with long COVID, saying they deserve treatment ‘yesterday’.
10 Dec 2023
Heat Health Alert for inland parts of Far North Queensland
The Bureau of Meteorology advises an extreme heatwave is predicted to impact Burketown, Croydon, Cooktown, Hope Vale, Lockhart River, and Wujal Wujal.
08 Dec 2023
Virus detected in South Australian bats
South Australians are being reminded not to handle bats to avoid contracting potentially fatal diseases, after Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV) was recently detected in a bat in South Australia.
08 Dec 2023
COVID-19 update 8 December 2023
COVID cases in SA There have been 1,798 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia in the past week.