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.
Why should GPs encourage oncology patients to exercise? Dr Gill Cowen looks at the evidence for exercise among oncology patients.
How can GPs best decide if a new medication is right to prescribe? Almost 800 new medications came onto the Australian market between 2001 and 2011.
Government to warn almost 5000 GPs over high rates of opioid prescribing RACGP flags concerns over campaign to reduce opioid overuse.
Social prescribing: Has the time come for this idea? Should GPs be prescribing social groups to their more isolated patients?
Pharmacists’ codeine fears overstated, GP says While pharmacists have raised concerns about a shortage of low-dose codeine, Dr Evan Ackermann, a GP with a special interest in drugs of dependence, says the evidence supports up-scheduling.
Medicinal cannabis: A GP examines the evidence GP and integrative medicine practitioner Dr Vicki Kotsirilos writes for newsGP about existing evidence for the provision and use of medicinal cannabis.
RACGP recommends options for regulation of schedule 8 prescription opioids The RACGP has made a submission to the Department of Health detailing its proposed options for the regulation of schedule 8 prescription opioid medicines.
RACGP calls for consistent, simplified medicinal cannabis framework The RACGP has articulated its view that the current system for prescribing medicinal cannabis products in Australia is ‘highly bureaucratic, time-consuming and expensive’ in its new position statement on the subject.