08 Aug 2024
In Practice: Aged care incentive info session
The RACGP President is hosting a webinar next week for GPs to better understand the new incentive and what it means for their practice.
08 Aug 2024
Faculty Council election nominations open
From GPs in Training, to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, and Specific Interests, members are urged to ‘speak up for GPs’.
08 Aug 2024
Blood test could predict babies’ chronic lung disease: Study
Australian researchers hope this early detection will generate more targeted treatments and reduce risks for babies born prematurely.
07 Aug 2024
RACGP Presidential candidate Q&A
Discover why each of these five GPs want to be college President, why they think you should vote for them, and their top priorities.
07 Aug 2024
‘Get asymptomatic testing’: STI test push amid rising cases
Discover why each of these five GPs want to be college President, why they think you should vote for them, and their top priorities.
07 Aug 2024
RACGP represents on national climate change expert group
GPs continue to lead the charge of warning of the health impacts of climate change, as a college Chair is appointed to the new group.
06 Aug 2024
GPs @ Parliament takes over Tasmania
GPs hosted a pop-up clinic inside Parliament House, offering politicians a blood pressure check and a one-on-one chat about the need for change.
07 Aug 2024
AHPRA eyes mandatory health checks for older GPs
The watchdog says complaints against older GPs have ‘jumped disturbingly’, but the RACGP warns it is a fine line between assessing competency and ageism.
06 Aug 2024
Nurse practitioner Jardiance prescribing greenlit
It can now be prescribed by NPs as an initial or continuing therapy for chronic heart failure, but the change raises red flags with the RACGP.
06 Aug 2024
GP shortage to worsen amid unprecedented demand
There could be a national workforce shortage of full-time GPs nearing 9000 by 2048, based on the Government’s latest modelling.