28 Oct 2024
UTI pharmacy prescribing goes nationwide
The initiative can now be accessed across Australia, leading a furious RACGP President to say, ‘that’s just not good medicine’.
28 Oct 2024
Medical devices impacted by 3G shutdown
GPs are being urged to speak to their patients and take ‘necessary precautions’ as essential devices and alarms could be affected.
28 Oct 2024
Do IUDs cause breast cancer? Here’s what the evidence says
A study has found a link between the devices and breast cancer, and while the research is important, it may be causing unnecessary worry.
25 Oct 2024
Pursue your medical career in Tasmania: meaningful work in a meaningful place
At the Tasmanian Department of Health, our medical workforce is made up of highly skilled professionals, ranging from junior doctors to specialist practitioners, working across diverse clinical settings. Here, you’ll have the chance to develop strong partnerships, work in collaborative teams, and participate in shared on-call models that foster a supportive and dynamic work environment.
25 Oct 2024
Digital messaging platform connects rheumatology patients with clinicians
Rheumatology patients at Gold Coast Health now have access to a new digital messaging platform using Foxo software, connecting them directly to the Rheumatology services team.
25 Oct 2024
Children’s Health Queensland developing anti-racist educational intervention for health workersa
Children’s Health Queensland (CHQ) will work alongside researchers from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)’s Carumba Institute and the University of Queensland (UQ) to develop, implement and evaluate an Indigenous anti-racist educational intervention for health workers.
25 Oct 2024
COVID-19 update 25 October 2024
COVID cases in SA There have been 244 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia in the past week.
25 Oct 2024
GPs speak out amid birth services’ ‘significant shortcomings’
The RACGP lays bare accessibility challenges, time restraints, and ‘inadequate’ Medicare rebates faced by GPs, as mothers struggle to find information.
25 Oct 2024
Funding opportunity for internationally collaborative clinical trials between Australia and the United Kingdom
A new Australia-United Kingdom (UK) grant opportunity will fund platform trials that address areas of unmet clinical need. This research will improve the lives of people with serious health conditions who have limited options for prevention, diagnosis or treatment.
25 Oct 2024
‘Almost untreatable’ superbug linked to common antibiotic
In a way ‘never seen before’, one antibiotic has been found to be driving resistance to another and exposing patients to superbugs.