Call to action urges GPs to be ‘bold and brave’ As GPs @ Parliament wraps up for 2024, MPs are now urging doctors to reach out and share their stories in a bid to create practical policy solutions.
Nine in 10 AGPT participants satisfied with program quality Results from the 2023 National Registrar Survey suggest the transition to college-led training was ‘very successful’, according to an RACGP rep.
GP training numbers up but politicians told more is needed Day two of the GPs @ Parliament campaign focused on workforce shortages, with doctors demanding the Government fix the profession’s ‘second-rate entitlements’.
The medical educators ensuring equal opportunities for IMGs The Fellowship Support Program has ‘grown enormously’ in the past year, and could expand further should it receive Government support.
GPs @ Parliament campaign kicks off A delegation of doctors has descended on Canberra for three days of meetings with the nation’s leaders, demanding an overhaul of the ailing health system.
In Practice: Bulk-billing incentives module update Services Australia has updated its bulk-billing educational module to include the tripled incentive items.
Raising the prestige of general practice: A student’s perspective The culture that exists within medical student placements needs to shift if the GP workforce is to improve, writes hospital intern, Dr Phoebe Blaxill.
RACGP pushes workforce solutions at national roundtable Fifty peak medical bodies have convened in Canberra to identify the health system’s pressure points and highlight areas for change.
State Government unveils ‘GP Guarantee’ plan An election promise to wipe the HECS debt of up to 40 GPs, provided they work in regional Tasmania, has been welcomed by the RACGP.
Think tank explores ways to improve GP workforce Boosting recruitment and retention by raising the profile of general practice among medical students were key themes at a recent RACGP event.