13 Feb 2025
Updated Doctor Bags
The AMA has been advocating for needed updates to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme prescriber bag — also known as doctors’ bags — to ensure patient access to priority and emergency medicines is supported and the benefits included in the bag are responsive to contemporary clinical need.
13 Feb 2025
February PBS Changes
Members are advised of changes and updates to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
13 Feb 2025
Government renews funding for medical mental health initiatives
A message for AMA members from Drs4Drs.
13 Feb 2025
President’s update: women’s health funding, meetings on the hill, climate health, private health, and rural health
AMA President Dr Danielle McMullen provides an update on the past week at the national AMA.
12 Feb 2025
ADHD med shortages ‘a merry-go-round you just can’t predict’
The new school year has coincided with another series of shortages, forcing patients and prescribers to rethink their options.
12 Feb 2025
First-ever Australian government campaign to elevate GPs, nurses and other primary healthcare careers
First-ever Australian government campaign to elevate GPs, nurses and other primary healthcare careers
12 Feb 2025
A new resource is now available to help providers transition to Support at Home
The Support at Home Provider Program Transition Guide is now available to help providers transition to Support at Home.
12 Feb 2025
Webinar: Award wage increase for nurses in aged care
We are hosting a webinar to inform providers about how funding will be delivered for the next Fair Work Commission award wage increase for nurses in aged care.
12 Feb 2025
New ad campaign to ‘raise the profile’ of primary healthcare
The RACGP helped launch the first-of-its-kind Federal Government campaign at Parliament House, spruiking the diversity of general practice.