22 Sep 2023
'Health services must be considered essential services to help crisis response'
Doctors and health services in rural and regional Australia must be classified as essential services to ensure patients are looked after both during and after a crisis, and greater efforts need to go into making sure our health system
21 Sep 2023
Dementia consultation outcomes released for National Dementia Action Week
The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care releases the summary of consultation outcomes on National Dementia Action Plan with significantly better outcomes for patients and GPs following AMA’s advocacy and recommendations.
21 Sep 2023
House of Representatives inquiry into diabetes
The AMA President spoke to the parliamentary inquiry about the AMA’s recommendations to curb type 2 diabetes.
21 Sep 2023
Substitution approved for vigabatrin (Sabril) shortage
AMA members are advised of the TGA’s update on the vigabatrin shortage.
21 Sep 2023
Media Release – Supporting our community: online Social and Emotional Wellbeing Resources during the Voice referendum The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (N
ACCHO) and the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet have launched a portal that brings together a collection of resources aimed at supporting and reducing social and emotional harms to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the period prior and post the Voice
21 Sep 2023
Media Statement on the Voice
Australian Constitutional Reform important for the improvement of health outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
21 Sep 2023
‘Important to get our voice heard’: RACGP scope of practice survey
Members are being urged to provide feedback on the type of changes GPs need to work at their full capacity.
21 Sep 2023
Government launches COVID-19 inquiry
The RACGP will contribute to a review of the pandemic response, which will scrutinise how the crisis was handled and help prepare for future events.
21 Sep 2023
Endometriosis hospitalisation twice as likely to be self-funded: AIHW
The condition is also now among the top 20 most common reasons for hospitalisation among women and girls aged 15–44.
21 Sep 2023
In Practice: Vigabratin substitutions
The TGA has said that the tablet form of the epilepsy medication is in scarce and enabled pharmacists to replace it with oral sachets.