What do GPs really think of the $8.5b Medicare investment? It is being touted as an unprecedented injection of funding – here’s how GPs from across the country are reacting to the Labor Party’s announcement.
Bringing family violence out of the shadows Eleven years after her son was murdered, Rosie Batty will speak at a RACGP event empowering GPs to support patients experiencing abuse.
New consortium eyes primary care system reforms Professor Michael Kidd will lead GP clinician researchers to identify ‘real work challenges and provide practical solutions’.
Welcome uptake in free NT meningococcal B vaccine Almost 1300 patients have received a free vaccination since the program kicked off just weeks ago, with infants the greatest beneficiaries.
RACGP unveils 19-point plan for general practice shake-up At a major launch inside Parliament House, it called for the expansion of bulk-billing incentives to everyone under 35 and revealed plans to halve out-of-pocket costs for longer consults.
Is your electorate impacted by a bulk-billing shift? Almost 10% of Federal electorates, including all five in Tasmania, had no clinics offering bulk-billed standard adult consultations, new data found.
RACGP calls for PHN overhaul The college says evaluation of long-term goals, and reform to better integrate general practice with the wider health system, are needed.
GP’s research shedding light on end-of-life care On World Cancer Day, one GP’s innovative research is transforming care for cancer patients in their final months of life.
GPs in training jump by 34% in SA This includes 60% more GPs training on a rural pathway, and while the RACGP welcomed the rise, it says ‘more must be done’.
Devastated mother calls for free meningococcal B vaccine rollout After Stacey Chater’s son died suddenly from the disease, she has been advocating for greater vaccine access – a call backed by the RACGP.