‘A complete disaster’: Psychiatry resignations felt by GPs As the dispute creates widespread anxiety, the NSW Government says it is exploring how to ‘deliver better, holistic mental health care’.
In Practice: Upskilling in family violence support An upcoming RACGP CPD-accredited workshop aims to empower Victorian GPs to support families impacted by abuse and violence.
RACGP calls for fast-tracked ADHD reform Ahead of a mass walk-out of NSW psychiatrists, the RACGP says it is now more important than ever for GPs to be granted ADHD prescribing powers.
Concern psychiatrist walk-out will trigger mental health crisis How will the mass resignation of 200 public health psychiatrists in NSW affect GPs already managing high demand for mental health consults?
In Practice: EOIs to join ATAGI Australia’s immunisation advisory group is seeking applications for new members to provide advice to the Federal Health Minister.
GPs’ role in gun ownership assessments expands Recent changes mean New South Wales GPs can conduct a health risk assessment to determine a patient’s suitability to possess a firearm, helping authorities ‘make informed decisions’.
Success of registrar wellbeing committee one year on The RACGP’s progress on its initiatives to support GPs in training, as well as goals for the year ahead, are revealed in a new report.
Increase in patients turning to AI for therapy As patients face barriers to mental health care, many are turning to ChatGPT for help, but experts say it brings a risk of devastating mistakes.
Spotlight falls on ‘forgotten people’ of mental health care New analysis highlights huge life expectancy gaps for those with severe mental illness – and suggests a funding shortfall of around $8 billion.
In Practice: RSV immunisation info sessions With the RSV vaccine recently expanded on the National Immunisation Program, two upcoming webinars are designed to answer GPs’ questions.