27 Oct 2023
Hobart’s second Medicare Urgent Care Clinic set to open
Hobart’s second Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) – and the third in Tasmania – will open to patients next week.
27 Oct 2023
Lung Foundation Australia welcomes ban on engineered stone products
Lung Foundation Australia commends Safe Work Australia’s recommendation to ban the use of all engineered stone products, following the release of their report today.
27 Oct 2023
Dentist to pay $100,000 in costs, disqualified for five years
A Northern Territory former dentist has been hit with record court costs, disqualified from applying for registration for five years, and banned from working in certain health services and using specified titles and after misleading a court.
27 Oct 2023
PBAC Public Summary Documents – July 2023 meeting
PBAC Public Summary Documents – July 2023 meeting
27 Oct 2023
‘We need to get better at marketing primary care’
Professor Trish Greenhalgh told delegates at the WONCA World Conference that more needs to be done to address public and political perceptions.
27 Oct 2023
‘Game changing’ extended skills recognition launched
The RACGP program is open to all Fellows with at least five years’ experience in their interest area, including dermatology and addiction.
27 Oct 2023
What it means to be an RACGP Life Member
Two Queensland GPs share their stories on more than three decades of continuous college membership.
27 Oct 2023
COVID-19 update 27 October 2023
COVID Cases in SA There have been 1,069 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia in the past week. As of 11:59pm Tuesday 24 October, there were 62 people with COVID-19 in hospital.
26 Oct 2023
VICTORIANS WILL BREATHE BETTER UNDER SEC’S NEW EMISSION-FRIENDLY STRATEGIC PLAN
Asthma Australia welcomes the release of State Electricity Commission’s (SEC) 12-year strategic plan and says it will improve the respiratory health of Victorians by reducing harmful emissions.
26 Oct 2023
Workforce agency needed to end medical students’ boom-bust
The AMA says although the number of medical students has increased markedly, Australia’s medical workforce is unevenly distributed with oversupply in some specialities and locations and undersupply in others.