02 Sep 2024
Helping women ‘take ownership of their own healthcare’
Women’s Health Week 2024 centres around ‘Your voice. Your choice’, but for regional patients, that choice can be harder to access.
02 Sep 2024
Final 60-day dispensing medicines revealed
Around 100 extra medicines are now available for 60-day prescriptions, including treatments for asthma, COPD, anxiety and Parkinson’s disease.
02 Sep 2024
RACGP opens next round of PhD top-up scholarships
Research to avoid burnout and support GP readiness is just one of the projects supported by the RACGP Foundation’s new scholarships.
30 Aug 2024
Canberra Independents commit to GP incentives
A coalition of ACT politicians announced a plan to rollout $40,000 packages for GPs, and the RACGP is urging other parties to do the same.
30 Aug 2024
Concern after panel declares PIP and WIP ‘not actually essential’
That is according to the latest consultation from a panel tasked with assessing the future of GP incentives, and it is ringing alarm bells for the RACGP.
30 Aug 2024
Do some vaccinations really reduce dementia risk?
There is mounting evidence vaccines can reduce the rates of dementia, but one GP says ‘the jury is still out’ on which ones are best.
29 Aug 2024
In Practice: Electronic prescribing updates
GPs can keep up to date on electronic prescribing information with an on-demand RACGP webinar and regularly updated webpage.
29 Aug 2024
RACGP Faculty Council candidates revealed
Members are urged to vote when polls open on Friday, with positions on several state-based, rural, and GPs in training groups up for election.
29 Aug 2024
Next ACRRM President revealed
Rural Generalist Dr Rod Martin will take over the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine’s top job in October.
29 Aug 2024
Join this century’: Call for change amid growing GP red tape
The RACGP is demanding a solution from the Commonwealth after presenting it with a long list of cumbersome ways its services are burdening time-poor GPs.