10 Sep 2024
RACGP demands adequate funding for GP-led disability care teams
The college has doubled down on its push for increased rebates and properly funded multidisciplinary teams, with GPs at the centre.
10 Sep 2024
Prime Minister vows to ban kids from social media
Federal legislation will be introduced this year to stop children, potentially as old as 16, from accessing the platforms.
10 Sep 2024
Record number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners
In an ‘absolutely fantastic’ achievement, 1000 Indigenous Australian medical professionals are registered for the first time.
09 Sep 2024
Scholarships pay homage to pioneering Aboriginal educator
The NT’s first cultural educator has a scholarship in her name, recognising general practice registrars dedicated to Indigenous health.
09 Sep 2024
Royal commission into veteran suicide final report revealed
It demanded an urgent overhaul of systems to help veterans transition into civilian life, a systemic crackdown on sexual abuse, and an increase to the DVA’s fee schedule.
09 Sep 2024
Bid to ban social media for children gains momentum
GP experts have backed a push to ban kids under 14 from having social media accounts, with hopes it will reduce mental health-related impacts.
06 Sep 2024
Mobile medical clinic opens in Melbourne
The GP-led clinic aims to ease the health burden to the homeless community by providing safe and free access to primary care.
06 Sep 2024
Consultants of sting: Attitudes towards primary care in dire straits
As a final-year medical student, Sasenie Jayanetty shares her insights on the future of general practice from the perspective of a next-generation doctor.
06 Sep 2024
RACGP slams sweeping pharmacy scope expansion
NSW pharmacists will be allowed to autonomously treat several more conditions, in an unexpected move labelled ‘dangerous’ and ‘reckless’.
05 Sep 2024
Women’s Health Week: ‘Explore the big questions’
Female patients say their symptoms are being downplayed or minimised, so how do their needs differ from men’s and what can GPs do to help?