Out-of-pocket costs rise as bulk billing plummets: Survey In less than 12 months, more than 500 clinics around the country have ceased universal bulk billing, new research suggests.
Veterans’ Health: The year in review A number of quiet endeavours have improved the ability of GPs to deliver care to Australia’s veterans and reduce concerns.
One in two Australians living with a chronic condition Mental and behavioural conditions were the most prevalent in 2022, followed by back problems and arthritis.
‘The tyranny of distance’: rural health inequities persist Health disparities between those living in urban and rural areas have been laid bare in the National Rural Health Alliance’s latest analysis.
RACGP ‘so incredibly important’: Michael Kidd The Deputy Chief Medical Officer stopped by his old stomping ground to share his inspiring views on the future of general practice.
Payroll tax should be top of National Cabinet agenda: RACGP The college says a singular set of rules need to be established to keep practice doors open, labelling the status quo ‘a joke, at best’.
‘The bar has been set too low’: RACGP criticises oversight of PHNs Federal Government scrutiny of the country’s 31 Primary Health Networks is falling well short, according to the college.
Future of general practice front of mind in Canberra Member feedback from the Health of the Nation has reached Australia’s lawmakers, as a sense of urgency grows around safeguarding the profession.
Health of the Nation: Urgent need to bolster workforce Chronic underfunding, burnout, fragmentation, and increased consultation complexity were among the annual insight into general practice’s ‘troubling’ findings.
Melbourne clinic notches up a century of care Mont Albert Medical Centre was formed as the Roaring 1920s got into their swing – and has been going strong ever since.