19 Feb 2024
Call for applications for appointment to the Medical Radiation Practice Accreditation Committee
The Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (the Board) is calling for applications from registered medical radiation practitioners and members of the community
19 Feb 2024
GP numbers boost requires incentives overhaul: RACGP
The college is calling on the Commonwealth to fund paid parental and study leave for GP registrars, as well as 1100 placements on support programs.
19 Feb 2024
Exercise must be ‘core treatment’ for depression: Study
Researchers have urged GPs to prescribe physical activity alongside traditional interventions, with yoga and strength training especially beneficial.
19 Feb 2024
New online medical resource on TSC for GPs\
TSA thanks Sanofi for agreeing to support the development of a new online medical resource on TSC for General Practitioners (GPs).
19 Feb 2024
TSA’s eNews February 2024
Welcome to TSA's first eNews for 2024. Happy New Year to you all.
19 Feb 2024
Free vision screens for 2024 Prep students under way in Queensland schools
Children's Health Queensland's annual free Prep vision screening program is under way for 2024, screening the state's youngest students.
19 Feb 2024
Feminist language being hijacked to market medical tests
Narratives around empowerment and women’s rights are being co-opted to market interventions not backed by evidence, according to new research.
16 Feb 2024
Lung Foundation Australia statement regarding National Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 Plan
The Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care on Thursday 15 February 2024 released a new national plan for responding to post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), commonly known as long COVID.
16 Feb 2024
Registered nurse who stole PPE during a national shortage disqualified from applying for registration for a year
A tribunal has reprimanded and disqualified a registered nurse from applying for registration for 12 months after she used her position as an educator and supervisor to steal personal protective equipment (PPE) during a national shortage and global pandemic.
16 Feb 2024
GPs encouraged to upskill in opioid dependence treatment
An RACGP program aims to help GPs better understand this ‘rewarding’ area of medicine and boost authorised prescriber numbers.