The Giving Asthma Support to Patients (GASP) program, developed in New Zealand, guides practice nurses to provide structured asthma care.

This issue focuses on cardiovascular diseases and includes articles on cardiac rhythm management devices, assessment and management of chest pain in primary care, and abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Multimorbidity, commonly defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions within one person without defining an index chronic condition, has the person, not a disease, as the focus.

A study that identifies a set of general practice research priorities to guide resource allocation and to inform a research agenda that optimises best patient care.

Most older people who have died by suicide have seen a GP in the preceding three months, representing a potential opportunity to intervene.

Provides a guide for long-term follow-up and surveillance for survivors of head and neck cancer, who are increasing in number as cancer therapies improve.

This study shows the importance of sharing and learning from policy differences.

The absence of national safety and quality metrics hampers standardised approaches to evaluating telehealth implementation in Australia.

This study provides insights into the management of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) prior to the release of the HMB clinical care standard.

Primary healthcare, with its established principles and multisectoral approach, is an ideal mechanism to provide support and care in response to health threats.

A PBRN is a collaborative learning community of academics and primary care clinicians, formed to generate, disseminate and integrate new knowledge in order to improve patient outcomes.

This paper explores a typical patient scenario in primary care to highlight evidence-based approaches for challenging aspects of management, such as imaging and pain management.

Care in the 21st century demands better outcomes through more comprehensive data to enhance the provider’s ability to deliver care and increase the patient’s involvement in their own healthcare.

A review of the challenges that frame the problems affecting general practice.

Internationally, eConsultant models have been trialled to address demands on healthcare systems without requiring face-to-face specialist input.