Maintaining health and function into older age is a priority for patients, clinicians and policy-makers.

Skin cancer medicine is a core component of Australian general practice and is consistently in the top 10 conditions managed.

Skin cancer medicine is a core component of Australian general practice. The Focus articles featured in this issue discuss the management of pigmented skin lesions in general practice.

Healthcare professionals may face pressure for urgent diagnosis and management but also need to consider a medium- and long-term plan in the context of the social and cultural environment.

Exposure to domestic and family violence has lifelong impacts on physical health and life expectancy and increases hospitalisation and healthcare usage.

It is reasonable to consider including exercise-based services in the care team to enable patients with non-specific chronic low back pain to transition to self-management.

This article discusses the process of performing biopsies and excisions from the skin to diagnose or treat skin cancers.

This article aims to describe recent epidemiological trends of syphilis infection in Australia, including demographics in which infection rates are rising, such as women of reproductive age.

This qualitative study presents a first look at how Australian general practitioners think about and act on frailty in daily practice.

This study aims to describe the models of care (MoC) used in the provision of IUDs by Australian GPs.

This study examined Medicare Benefits Schedule billing patterns by consultation length to estimate overcharging or undercharging by GPs, and the cost/savings to Medicare.

Haematuria may be a singular symptom signalling underlying urological pathology; however, most patients with haematuria will have no identifiable cause found.

Collective efforts worldwide have focused on the identification of people at highest risk of poor outcomes if they contract COVID-19.

Early identification of all skin cancers enables improved patient outcomes and results in a wider range of treatment options being available locally in general practice.

The primary care physician plays a pivotal part in the identification and management of idiopathic frozen shoulder, with the vast majority of patients responding to conservative management.