21 Feb 2024
Sleep health advice ‘not just for patients with insomnia’
Rather, it should be a part of chronic disease prevention and management plans, Chair of the RACGP’s Healthy Habits program says.
21 Feb 2024
TGA launches medicine shortage investigation
GPs are being urged to have their say as part of the inquiry, which aims to ‘better prevent, manage, and communicate shortages’.
21 Feb 2024
Funding needed to ‘help share the workload’: RACGP
Commonwealth support should be funnelled into expanding general practices to include multidisciplinary care teams, according to a college submission.
21 Feb 2024
RACGP stands up for climate action
The college will take its fight for environmental action directly to Parliament House when it advocates at a Duty of Care Bill public hearing.
19 Feb 2024
GP numbers boost requires incentives overhaul: RACGP
The college is calling on the Commonwealth to fund paid parental and study leave for GP registrars, as well as 1100 placements on support programs.
20 Feb 2024
How Academic Posts can offer ‘enormous benefits’
Ahead of applications for the next round of the program, past and present academic registrars share highlights and expectations.
20 Feb 2024
Shingles management added to pharmacy prescribing pilot
Victorian pharmacists can supply treatments from next month, but one GP says ‘fearless’ evaluation is key to the trial's success.
20 Feb 2024
‘Unhurried whole-person care’ proves best: Study
Longer consultations and a regular GP have proven vital in keeping older Australians out of hospital, according to findings from a 1000-patient clinical trial.
19 Feb 2024
Exercise must be ‘core treatment’ for depression: Study
Researchers have urged GPs to prescribe physical activity alongside traditional interventions, with yoga and strength training especially beneficial.
19 Feb 2024
Feminist language being hijacked to market medical tests
Narratives around empowerment and women’s rights are being co-opted to market interventions not backed by evidence, according to new research.