First ever COPD Clinical Care Standard launched The new guideline includes step-by-step recommendations for both GPs and patients to help manage the often-debilitating condition.
‘No evidence’ for older GP health checks: RACGP The college says an AHPRA plan for mandatory checks on 70-year-old GPs diminishes experience and will lead to extra red tape and early retirements.
GPs ‘overwhelmed’ with eating disorders in young patients How can GPs help the rising number of teens with disordered eating when social media use is rampant? One GP is calling for a new approach.
New report aims to address critical health worker maldistribution The ‘Working Better for Medicare Review’ made 26 recommendations in a bid to help doctors to work in the areas they are needed most.
RACGP’s newest life members share words of wisdom As a new generation of GPs embark on their career, two inspiring doctors share what they have learned across their three-decade careers.
Greens pledge sweeping GP investment The RACGP welcomed the party’s plan to increase rebates and up GP trainees’ pay but condemned a rollout of 1000 free healthcare clinics.
Psychiatric prescriptions for children skyrocket Some prescriptions have tripled in the past decade as a mental health crisis grips Australia’s youth, but are GPs getting the treatment options right?
New GPs making a ‘vital difference’ in the NT The Northern Territory’s newest GPs will embark on the next stage of their careers after being celebrated at a Fellowship ceremony in Darwin.
City PBS prescription rates double those in very remote areas One GP says there simply are not enough remote doctors, as new data finds the people living there are accessing medication at a much lower rate.
Inspiring Tasmanian GP expands female-led clinic Dr Mary Lumsden longed for a workplace that worked for her, so she made one herself, and now her practice is going from strength to strength.