Do you know your prescribing limits? MDA National medico-legal adviser Janet Harry examines a recent tribunal decision regarding a young doctor’s prescribing methods.
New advice on multiple prescribing and complementary medicines A collaboration between Choosing Wisely and the PSA has produced recommendations that provide increased clarity around best prescribing practices.
RACGP welcomes stronger My Health Record privacy protection for teenagers Increased privacy provisions for My Health Record passed by Federal Parliament last week are exactly what Australia’s GPs have been calling for.
RACGP questions push for nurse prescribing A proposal that will allow registered nurses to prescribe medication alongside nurse practitioners has been queried by the RACGP.
Fighting antibiotic resistance in residential aged care Residential aged care facilities are an important frontier in antibiotic stewardship, but they present their own particular challenges for GPs.
Centre of research excellence awarded for reducing antibiotic resistance in primary care Reducing antibiotic prescribing can be a difficult problem for general practice, but a new $2.5 million centre of research excellence will assist by providing evidence-based research and training for GPs.
Survey reveals high patient demand for medicinal cannabis information from GPs More than 60% of the surveyed GPs reported patients asking about medicinal cannabis, but lack of training and the onerous process required to become a prescriber remain a barrier.
Should Australian GPs be prescribing social running groups for their patients? The UK’s Royal College of General Practitioners recently announced a partnership with social running organisation, Parkrun.
GPs critical of ‘intimidating, unpleasant’ warning letter over opioid prescribing One in five of Australia’s GPs has – or will shortly – received a warning letter over their level of opioid prescribing. Many are not happy.
Mind – and mine – your general practice data Dr Chris Hogan calls for better use of the data routinely collected by GPs.