This article reviews the evidence on disaster health effects from an all-hazards perspective and highlight GPs’ essential role in disaster healthcare.

General practitioners’ ability to promptly recognise potentially serious side effects of treatment, especially those unique to newer therapies, can be crucial to patient safety.

Medication cessation or dose reduction may be required for patients with chronic kidney disease to prevent medication accumulation, adverse medication events and kidney injury.

Avenues for improving the care of patients with acne include explicit attention to psychological morbidity beyond treatment of the acne itself, and improved use of patient educational materials.

These findings will inform the development, dissemination and evaluation of education strategies to improve knowledge of sentinel lymph node biopsy and lead to better patient outcomes.

This study sought to determine the uptake of Item 699 and changes to existing health assessment item claims, before and after COVID-19 outbreak.

Expectations of antibiotics may reflect a desire for symptomatic treatment, lack of awareness of other options or previous experience.

The initial assessment and response to a disclosure of sexual assault is an important opportunity to address medical, safety and psychosocial concerns.

This work highlights the important part that general practices play in responding to epidemic thunderstorm asthma events and the need for these practices to be prepared to respond.

Once infection spreads beyond the confines of the jaws, there is an increasing risk of airway obstruction and septicaemia.

Promoting insulin as a normal part of the diabetes continuum and a beneficial change for long-term health will further improve patients’ experience during the commencement of insulin.

This article provides a concise introduction to disaster planning for those who are new to Australian general practice or to general practice ownership.

This article discusses the importance of reducing therapeutic inertia in type 2 diabetes and focusing on reducing overall cardiovascular risk.

This article provides a narrative review of potential causes of globus pharyngeus and a suggested guideline for work-up and management in the primary care setting.

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