02 Oct 2024

EOI open: GP clinical editors sought for HealthPathways

SWSPHN has opened Expressions of Interest (EOI) for new HealthPathways GP clinical editors.

02 Oct 2024

Practice Nurse Profile – Sahar Hakimzadeh

For Smithfield Medical and Dental Centre practice nurse, Sahar Hakimzadeh, every day is a chance to make someone smile

02 Oct 2024

New ADHD prescribing guide launches

The guide was designed to offer practical advice to GPs about safe and responsible prescribing, after finding significant variabilities.

02 Oct 2024

TGA urges ‘extreme caution’ amid fake Ozempic pen imports

GPs are being warned to lookout for the counterfeit pens and are urged to inform their patients, with one person already suffering life-threatening complications.

01 Oct 2024

Launceston General Hospital helipad undergoing final tests

Test helicopter flights and a test of the Deck Integrated Fire Fighting System (DIFFS) installed at the new Launceston General Hospital (LGH) helipad will be undertaken as the helipad nears operational status.

01 Oct 2024

Tasmanian vaping laws to remain in place despite national changes

Vaping laws coming into effect from today in some other parts of Australia will not apply in Tasmania, the Director of Public Health, Dr Mark Veitch, has confirmed.

01 Oct 2024

‘Medicare discriminates’: RACGP advocates for women’s health

The college has given a national committee its feedback on how to tackle discrimination against women in healthcare and reduce inequity in Medicare.

01 Oct 2024

New vaping cessation GP guidelines revealed

The much-anticipated RACGP guide for healthcare professionals is now live, as vaping rates soar and new laws allow adults to buy vapes from pharmacies.

01 Oct 2024

Psychiatric prescriptions for children skyrocket

Some prescriptions have tripled in the past decade as a mental health crisis grips Australia’s youth, but are GPs getting the treatment options right?

01 Oct 2024

Behind the Build with Michelle Havell

Meet Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) Clinical Lead for the new Coomera Hospital Michelle Havell. At just 26, Michelle became the youngest Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) within Gold Coast Health at the time.