Inspiration and collegiality at primary care experience day The RACGP hosted the day as part of the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, with colleagues from various countries coming together to learn from each other’s experiences.
RACGP to host a primary care experience day for international health conference The experience day offers an immersive general practice event and a chance for delegates from different areas of healthcare to share knowledge and perspectives.
Healthcare costs under scrutiny in South Australian budget The new South Australian Government has handed down its first budget, with healthcare costs under the microscope.
Government must ‘urgently and substantially’ invest in general practice: RACGP President-elect Dr Harry Nespolon predicts a bleak future for Australian healthcare without major Government investment in general practice.
What role do doctors have in social advocacy? Doctors for Justice is a new human rights organisation for doctors and other healthcare professionals.
What’s it like working for a social enterprise clinic? Dr Ai-lene Chan writes for newsGP about her experiences working at a Brisbane clinic designed to help asylum seekers and refugees access healthcare.
Urgent call from GPs for healthcare standards boost on Manus and Nauru Dr Kate Walker, Chair of the RACGP Refugee Health Specific Interests network, and former Christmas Island GP Dr Ai-Lene Chan question the quality of asylum seeker healthcare in the wake of the preventable death of an Iranian asylum seeker on Manus Island.
Calls for offshore processing clinics to be accredited to RACGP standards The coroner investigating the preventable death of an Iranian asylum seeker has called for clinics in offshore processing countries to be accredited to RACGP standards.
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs at last has a new Chief Medical Officer The Department of Home Affairs has appointed a rural GP as its new Chief Medical Officer and Surgeon General.
AIHW deaths data shows value of preventive care The latest deaths data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the value of preventive healthcare.