20 Mar 2024
Australian state first to offer permanent pill testing
Queensland will invest $1 million over two years to establish free, confidential and ongoing illicit drug testing services.
21 Mar 2024
In Practice: Bulk-billing incentives module update
Services Australia has updated its bulk-billing educational module to include the tripled incentive items.
19 Mar 2024
Raising the prestige of general practice: A student’s perspective
The culture that exists within medical student placements needs to shift if the GP workforce is to improve, writes hospital intern, Dr Phoebe Blaxill.
20 Mar 2024
Small study suggests nasal spray could help sleep apnoea
While still in its infancy, a shift away from ‘burdensome’ CPAP machines would likely improve treatment access and adherence.
20 Mar 2024
Deaths and overdoses prompt coroner pill testing call
Two Victorian coroners have said the service could provide ‘lifesaving insights’ and tailored information to illicit drug users.
19 Mar 2024
Long COVID diagnosis ‘validation’ for suffering patients
A GP expert is speaking out after Queensland’s CHO said the term ‘long COVID’ can cause ‘unnecessary fear’ and should be scrapped.
20 Mar 2024
First-of-its kind virtual ED unveiled
The RFDS has opened an unmanned health hub in the middle of the Australian desert to provide 24/7 emergency care to residents and travellers.
19 Mar 2024
How RACGP Foundation seed funding blossomed into MRFF grant
What started as a small, GP-led diabetes research project recently received close to $1 million to expand into other areas of chronic disease.
18 Mar 2024
RACGP pushes workforce solutions at national roundtable
Fifty peak medical bodies have convened in Canberra to identify the health system’s pressure points and highlight areas for change.
18 Mar 2024
‘It’s a lose-lose’: GPs ramp up payroll tax fight
SA doctors have launched a campaign urging the State Government to scrap the crippling tax, and they are calling on all GPs to get involved.