‘We need national reform’: Cannabis prescribing in focus With one doctor reportedly issuing 17,000 scripts in six months, concerns are mounting over pressures to prescribe under ‘vertically integrated’ business models.
Health impacts of ‘overworked’ doctors revealed Researchers say policies must reduce excessive working hours after they linked overwork to structural changes in clinicians’ brains.
Calls to address ‘pervasive’ health challenges for adolescents One billion teens are now at risk of poor health in the next five years, highlighting what one GP expert says is a ‘generation in crisis’.
Practice viability: Grants, commissioning and extra funding Do you know how to apply for practice grants? Or access extra funding sources? An RACGP toolkit walks GPs through these income opportunities.
‘The how and why of becoming a supervisor’ Two upcoming webinars will walk GPs through the role of a rural supervisor and exactly what is involved for those interested.
TGA warns of ‘possible but rare’ RSV vaccines risk Product Information for Arexvy and Abrysvo has been updated to reflect a low risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome following vaccination.
Skin cancer scholarships launch They offer 12 GPs based in regional Queensland access to education materials designed to help better detect and treat the disease.
‘A step backwards’: Another pharmacy pilot made permanent The initiative continues to cement itself into Australian healthcare, with a Victorian pilot both expanded and made permanent, but the RACGP warns of compromised patient safety.
‘Strong perception that MBS rates are inadequate’: Inquiry An inquiry into NSW’s healthcare funding highlights the ‘excessive workload on GPs’, increasing patient complexity, and a ‘failure to embed prevention’ in health systems.
Definition of recurrent miscarriage updated The revised definition, along with other evidence-based recommendations, appear in new clinical guidelines for early pregnancy loss.