11 Jun 2024
GP educator leads King’s Birthday honours
Six GPs, including a number of former RACGP Award winners, have been recognised for their contributions to general practice and the community
11 Jun 2024
Fears ‘forgotten middle class’ may soon be unable to afford a GP
Are Australian middle class families and individuals the ones most unable to afford to see their GP in this cost-of-living crisis?
11 Jun 2024
Queensland offers $40k carrot to attract new GPs
The Government has unveiled a $20 million program it hopes will encourage 500 aspiring GPs to undertake training in the Sunshine State.
11 Jun 2024
‘You don’t have to be sick to see a GP’
This Men’s Health Week, a GP with a special interest says normalising consistent health checks with a regular GP is key to improving outcomes.
10 Jun 2024
FNQ absorbed into ‘truly national’ GP training program
The RACGP has taken on more than 200 additional general practice registrars following JCU’s decision to step away from GP training.
10 Jun 2024
Should primary care be free for everyone?
New research has put a pricetag on offering free general practice care for all, but while seemingly within reach the authors caution any changes would also need to primary care more sustainable
07 Jun 2024
‘I’m on my knees’: GP cries out for workforce remedies
As GPs share heartbreaking stories of practice struggles and recruitment impossibilities, one fed-up doctor says action is needed to ‘build the career back up’.
07 Jun 2024
GPs’ crazy reminder to look after mental health
The medical world has come out in force to mark CrazySocks4Docs, with the RACGP using it as an opportunity to protest mandatory reporting laws.
07 Jun 2024
Renewed push for alcohol warning labels
Research suggesting fewer than one in two Australians know drinking can cause cancer has led to a call for more public awareness.
06 Jun 2024
Calls to change medical journals’ Big Tobacco policies
More than 30 leading medical journals still accept tobacco-funded research, prompting an expert to ask, ‘where do you draw the line?’