02 Oct 2023
‘Like a script from Utopia’: Bulk billing change raises GP ire
In an update to the ‘assignment of benefit’ requirement, GPs can still get verbal consent to bulk bill telehealth – but will need to fill in more forms.
02 Oct 2023
PBS authorities: Pain points and upcoming improvements
Dr Rob Hosking provides an update on RACGP efforts to revamp the much-maligned system.
02 Oct 2023
‘Painful’: Confusion plagues MyMedicare launch
Technical problems and poor communication meant many GPs were left unaware about the additional steps needed for patient registration.
28 Sep 2023
In Practice: Join the Specific Interest Groups’ ‘Zoomapalooza’
RACGP Specific Interests’ group Chairs will be holding an online discussion for which attendees can gain valuable CPD reviewing hours.
29 Sep 2023
‘Like a conductor’: The unseen craft of general practice
RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins spoke to key healthcare leaders in Canberra this week about the unsung work of GPs in coordinating patient care.
29 Sep 2023
RACGP Foundation launches PhD Scholarships
The two grants on offer are valued at $25,000 per year and are designed to help outstanding doctors further their studies into general practice.
28 Sep 2023
ED presentations for UTIs surge in wake of pharmacy prescribing
New figures show there were nearly 12,000 additional presentations between April 2022–23 compared to 2020, when the scheme was introduced.
28 Sep 2023
‘Electrifying’ conference tackles remote medicine challenges
More than 120 passionate delegates have joined forces in the outback, intent on taking their five community-led solutions all the way to Canberra.
28 Sep 2023
GPs are an underutilised workforce in a disaster: RACGP
With warnings of a potentially severe bushfire season, the college has urged policymakers to make the RACGP a key partner in emergency planning.
28 Sep 2023
SA leaders gather to boost GP numbers
Government ministers will join healthcare reps, academics and clinicians on an RACGP think tank to raise 'the prestige of general practice’.