New research highlights rural diabetes gaps It found rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with diabetes face greater health risks, urging action on equitable care.
Public awareness grows around GP bulk billing concerns Medicare continues to be centre of the Federal Election, with promises that 90% of GP visits will be bulk billed being analysed in the mainstream media.
In Practice: Health of the Nation survey now open The focus is ‘multidisciplinary team care and preventive health activities’, with GPs urged to inform the RACGP’s advocacy.
Have your say: Health of the Nation survey now open After last year’s survey helped create tangible changes, GPs are urged to once again help shape the future of general practice.
Diabetes prevalence underestimated in Australia: Study Researchers have suggested the number of people living with diabetes could be more than a third higher than officially registered.
Could the pharmacist in general practice model expand? A Symposium has examined how the model can work sustainably, with the RACGP saying it supports the move only if it can be made to work with funding.
Sixty-day scripts slow to find favour: Study With a significantly lower-than-expected uptake, an RACGP expert says this could be caused by software impediments, complexity over medication eligibility, and patient views.
‘A potent force’: Editor shares vision for AJGP With more than a third of articles written by GPs this year, the journal’s new Editor-in-Chief says AJGP is a ‘powerful channel’.
One in 15 Australian adults living with diabetes: ABS Around 6.6% of adults now have diabetes, up from 5.1% a decade earlier, according to new data.
UCCs five times more expensive than standard GP consult: Report In the wake of a new evaluation, the RACGP says the work of GPs in the clinics is valued, but it holds concerns about their cost and fragmented care.