14 Apr 2023
Controversial pharmacy income deal under assessment
An agreement that guarantees pharmacies’ income for prescriptions is being reviewed for its ‘fitness for purpose’.
14 Apr 2023
How regional practices are responding to the sector’s top challenges
SPONSORED: Research suggests financial sustainability and workforce shortages are disproportionately impacting rural and remote clinics.
13 Apr 2023
Alarm grows over out-of-pocket impact on health equity
New research indicates healthcare is becoming harder to access due to increasing out-of-pocket costs – particularly for vulnerable patients.
13 Apr 2023
RACGP President thanks outgoing DoH Secretary
Professor Brendan Murphy, who led the Department of Health and Aged Care through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced his retirement.
12 Apr 2023
Pushback against proposal to restrict MBS access to bulk-billing GPs
There are concerns such a change would create a two-tier system and ‘completely undermine’ the universality of Medicare.
11 Apr 2023
Doubts over Guild push to reduce medicine co-payment
The RACGP’s President says the initiative, which will cost taxpayers more than $900 million over four years, will do little to reduce costs for patients and taxpayers.
10 Apr 2023
Health Minister responds to RACGP concerns over latest compliance campaign
Mark Butler has sought to provide clarity over letters sent to nearly 600 GPs who were co-claiming MBS item 10997 with Chronic Disease Management items.
06 Apr 2023
Pulse check: How GPs feel about MBS reform
While there is universal agreement that Medicare needs to change, many remain wary about what this will look like in practice.
05 Apr 2023
Around 50% of pharmacists intend to quit by 2033: Study
And with pharmacy already experiencing workforce shortages, the RACGP Vice President is concerned expanding their scope of practice will make matters worse.
04 Apr 2023
College responds to Medicare integrity report
The 77-page independent review has been published. Here, newsGP sums up some of the key implications for general practice.