17 Jan 2024
Assignment of benefit process ‘fundamentally flawed’: RACGP
In a submission to DoHAC, the college has called for an effective solution for a process many view as outdated and unnecessary.
17 Jan 2024
RSV vaccine approved by TGA
AREXVY will soon be available for patients aged 60 and over, sparking hope it will ease the pressure on Australia’s overflowing hospitals.
17 Jan 2024
Repeal of Therapeutic Goods (Restricted and Prohibited Representations—Nicotine) Permission (No. 2) 2021
On 1 January 2024, as part of the reforms to the regulation of vaping products, the Advertising Permission for Nicotine was repealed. This means that pharmacies can no longer advertise the availability of prescription nicotine to their customers.
16 Jan 2024
Kids still battling winter viruses before start to school year
Changes to normal viral patterns have led to children continuing to be diagnosed with winter viruses, such as influenza and RSV, right throughout the summer months and even as they prepare to head back to school.
16 Jan 2024
Vale Lorraine
It is with a heavy heart that I let you know of the passing of Lorraine Tyler, wife of Kirsten, and the Chairperson of Lung Foundation Australia’s Lung Cancer Consumer Advisory Committee.
16 Jan 2024
Simple New Year’s resolution to save lives
Keeping a New Year’s resolution to stay up to date with your COVID vaccinations will save lives and protect against long COVID, and a coalition of Australia’s leading health organisations is urging people to put it at the top of their 2024 to-do list.
16 Jan 2024
'Measles alert for western Sydney'
NSW Health is advising people to be alert for signs and symptoms of measles after being notified of one confirmed case of measles who was infectious while visiting some locations in Sydney's inner west and south-west.
16 Jan 2024
Tribunal suspends nurse who had sexual relationship with a former patient
A nurse who had a sexual relationship with a former mental health patient has had her registration suspended for 12 months by a tribunal.
16 Jan 2024
Tas Chair: ‘We can achieve great things for general practice’
Dr Toby Gardner says he will continue flying the flag for GPs by helping to improve the regional workforce and training pathways.
16 Jan 2024
Antipsychotics spiking cardiac risks: Study
Researchers have revealed 10% of patients on quetiapine and haloperidol develop heart rhythm disorders, leading to calls for increased monitoring.