28 Sep 2023
New advice for doctors due to worldwide Ozempic shortage
There is a worldwide shortage of Ozempic, prompting new advice to doctors from the TGA’s Medicine Shortage Action Group.
28 Sep 2023
Have your say on proposed changes to My Health Record
The AMA is seeking your thoughts on the government’s proposed changes to how reports are uploaded to My Health Record. Take the survey.
28 Sep 2023
Government taking tougher stance on gambling-like content in video games
The federal government will introduce new minimum classifications for video games that contain gambling-like content — a move the AMA advocated for in June.
28 Sep 2023
GPs are an underutilised workforce in a disaster: RACGP
With warnings of a potentially severe bushfire season, the college has urged policymakers to make the RACGP a key partner in emergency planning.
28 Sep 2023
ED presentations for UTIs surge in wake of pharmacy prescribing
New figures show there were nearly 12,000 additional presentations between April 2022–23 compared to 2020, when the scheme was introduced.
28 Sep 2023
In Practice: Join the Specific Interest Groups’ ‘Zoomapalooza’
RACGP Specific Interests’ group Chairs will be holding an online discussion for which attendees can gain valuable CPD reviewing hours.
28 Sep 2023
WHY THE VOICE TO PARLIAMENT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE ASTHMA HEALTH OF AUSTRALIA’S FIRST NATIONS
First Nations people have a significant asthma burden in comparison to non-Indigenous Australians, being twice as likely to have asthma and more than twice as likely to die from asthma1. But we have an opportunity to change this.
28 Sep 2023
AMA advancing equity for doctors and medical students with disability
The AMA hosted an important webinar that explored ways to support doctors and medical students with disability pursue a career in medicine.
27 Sep 2023
Medicines just got cheaper
Selected Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines can now be prescribed for a 60-days for the price of a single prescription. This means many Australians who have a stable, ongoing health condition can now save money on their regular medication.
27 Sep 2023
More than one in three says their practice ‘at risk of closing’
The results of a newsGP survey suggest serious concerns about the sustainability of general practice remain front of mind.