23 Feb 2023
Health Minister pushed for more detail on proposed general practice reforms
RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins has written to Mark Butler calling for decisive government action and investment in patient care.
23 Feb 2023
Medicare structure worsens healthcare in deprived areas: RACGP
The ‘systematic underfunding of general practice’ is contributing to poorer outcomes, the college has said.
22 Feb 2023
Upcoming MBS changes GPs need to know
A series of MBS changes impacting general practice will go live on 1 March.
21 Feb 2023
Mystery over proposed pharmacy prescribing ‘trials’
NSW pharmacists will be able to side-step the TGA and extend oral contraception by July – but patient safety protections remain unclear.
21 Feb 2023
‘GPs can no longer subsidise care’: Bulk billing hits lowest mark in a decade
Fresh figures show general practice bulk-billing rates continue to slide as the Department of Health releases new details for the first time.
20 Feb 2023
Lismore GP welcomes primary care disaster funding
Health service providers impacted by last year’s floods are set to share $5 million in government grants, but more support is likely needed.
20 Feb 2023
RACGP to help lead mental health reform
President Dr Nicole Higgins will be attending a special workshop alongside Ministers Mark Butler and Emma McBride to propose solutions involving general practice.
16 Feb 2023
RACGP backs NACCHO’s pharmacy concerns
Both organisations warn that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s care will be compromised by pharmacist prescribers.
16 Feb 2023
‘A cultural issue’: Minister calls for attitude shift to general practice
‘We’ve got to get away from this idea that general practice is somehow a B grade,’ the Federal Health and Aged Care Minister has said.
15 Feb 2023
Crackdown on ‘unsafe’ online prescribing underway
The Medical Board of Australia has already imposed restrictions on some individuals against issuing prescriptions through telehealth.