New asthma charts ‘very useful to have at one’s fingertips’ Updated medication charts will help curb complacency, overuse of available treatments, and keep management up to date, experts say.
Voting for RACGP contested electorates open GPs are being encouraged to have their say on nine contested electorates in the 2023 Faculty elections.
‘Catch up’ HPV test may benefit older women New research suggests screening women aged 65 and over who have never been tested for HPV could improve cervical cancer prevention.
The moral quandaries posed by synthetic human embryos Bioethics lecturer Dr Kathryn MacKay considers what the breakthrough means for science – and the ethical issues it presents.
Bowel cancer screening rates down Though participation in screening has dropped, wait times for colonoscopy referrals are in excess of the recommended 30-day timeframe.
Warning over plan to bypass colleges for IMG assessment Long shadow of ‘Dr Death’ experience in Queensland prompts concern around proposal to sideline specialist colleges in favour of the AMC.
FP 50 restriction sparks prescribing authority debate GPs have questioned why some medications can only be prescribed by certain specialties, calling differential access to the PBS ‘utterly illogical’.
Specialist colleges in united front against pharmacy prescribing Allowing pharmacists to prescribe Schedule 4 medications has been described as ‘inconsistent with good practice’.
Why GPs are crucial to improving bowel cancer screening rates SPONSORED: Clinicians are being encouraged to talk to patients about bowel screening as part of Cancer Council’s Get2it campaign.
In Practice: Faculty council elections open RACGP members can be a voice for their GP community and contribute to the future of Australian general practice by joining a council.