GP22 a chance to start vital paradigm shift The RACGP’s annual conference will this year host three plenary sessions exploring how prevention can become a larger part of the healthcare system.
Burden of COVID and dementia set to grow: AIHW report Life expectancy for boys is increasing faster than for girls, as the true impact of the pandemic shows in the national agency’s latest health assessment.
National Cabinet commits to healthcare review The planned assessment of funding arrangements reform options is a chance to secure the future of general practice, according to the RACGP.
The doctors going back to secondary school A state-funded program aims to improve access to primary care for students. One GP taking part talks to newsGP about the experience.
Chance to collaborate at global conference Given ‘many of our problems are shared’, GPs can strengthen international efforts to address healthcare challenges, says Dr Mark Miller.
What are the major healthcare challenges facing the new government? RACGP state and territory faculty chairs lay out the main general practice issues confronting their area.
Should healthcare data live on after a patient dies? General practices hold vast amounts of posthumous healthcare data that is immensely useful, but its use raises important ethical considerations.
‘Not the time to point fingers’: GPs push back against hospital ramping blame Queensland’s Deputy Premier has said the hospital crisis is being exacerbated due to ‘GPs declining to see people with respiratory illnesses’.
The concern of rising out-of-pocket health costs Rising out-of-pocket health costs are a worry. But the major political parties have barely mentioned it.
RACGP Rural marks 30 years The college’s rural faculty was formed in April 1992 to advocate, educate and support GPs in more remote parts of the country.