A diagnosis of cancer disrupts almost every developmental life stage and continues to affect the child, and potentially their whole family, throughout adulthood.

Timely and effective treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can make an enormous difference to the individual and to their family and peers.

There is a great deal of interest in the potential symptomatic benefits of medicinal cannabis for developmental disorders.

Effective clinical triage of referrals relies on provision of adequate clinical information (‘red flags’) and investigations.

General practitioners and practice nurses need to be provided with greater support and training to undertake the emotionally challenging role of mandated reporters of child abuse.

An explainer on health economic concepts relevant to current general practice funding reform debates.

This article investigates skin health in urban-living Aboriginal children and young people presenting to primary care.

This paper aims to equip GPs with evidence-based strategies to prevent and mitigate heat‑related illnesses.

There is concerning evidence that people with mental illness have poorer physical health and lower life expectancies than those without mental illness.

GPs do not routinely discuss sexual health with older patients, and they believe the responsibility for initiation of such discussions rests with the patients themselves.

Limited awareness of the time-critical nature of this potentially life-threatening presentation has been reported in multiple triage settings.

It is important that a high level of clinical suspicion is maintained when paediatric patients present with a vague history or symptoms that may represent airway foreign bodies.

Support for young people to access timely and appropriate sexual and reproductive health during the COVID-19 pandemic should be a priority for policymakers around the world.

International evidence suggests that systems with a focus on primary healthcare have better health outcomes and lower health costs.

With more than 25% of patients attending more than one general practice in the previous year, the quality and continuity of care for multiple practice attenders requires further investigation.