In Practice: RACGP President elections now open With campaign season fast approaching, prospective candidates have until Sunday 21 July to submit their nomination.
Technology to play a prominent role in GPs’ growth plans SPONSORED: Nearly three in four practices intend to upgrade existing technologies and invest in new digital tools this year.
Is your practice thriving or just surviving? A new project is aiming to uncover the future viability of general practice by examining the current financial state of Australia’s clinics.
In Practice: Calls for business viability representatives The RACGP is seeking members to help inform the development of its general practice business and financial viability work.
Practice owners conference: ‘Harnessing the collective wisdom’ The RACGP’s conference Chair says the networking event will showcase the skills and future enablers of GP leaders.
Health Minister urges states to follow Queensland’s payroll tax lead Mark Butler is concerned that taxing tenant GPs will undercut recent efforts to strengthen Medicare and wants consistency across the country.
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’.
What is the future for small practices? As another GP shuts up shop in rural NSW, newsGP asks about the prospects for smaller clinics.
More than one in three says their practice ‘at risk of closing’ The results of a newsGP survey suggest serious concerns about the sustainability of general practice remain front of mind.
‘Deeply troubling’: At least 184 general practices lost in a year New clinics have offset the closures to a degree, but the figures represent a net loss of at least 55 practices – and incomplete data means the number could be much higher.