GP aged care standards launched for the first time New college standards set out ‘minimum requirements’ to provide high-quality care in residential aged care homes.
‘A very challenging space’: Opioid deprescribing guide released Work for guidelines was led by researchers at the University of Sydney and includes 11 recommendations with general practice in mind.
Long COVID education should be part of CPD: Report The Government has committed to a national plan and more funds, while the RACGP’s Professor Mark Morgan says more immediate help is needed.
GPs have ‘unique perspectives and voices that need to be heard’ RACGP Quality Care Chair Professor Mark Morgan explains how members play a role in advocacy through representation.
New resources aim to get GPs and patients on the same page The ‘first do no harm’ guide aims to improve therapeutic relationships, so patients get ‘maximum value’ from GPs.
Championing and facilitating high standard practice RACGP Quality Care Chair Professor Mark Morgan discusses the importance of clinical guidelines and how the college determines which to publish.
Raising the quality of international general practice Last month, RACGP representatives flew to Malaysia to provide quality assurance for clinical exams of a sister family physician organisation.
Widespread concerns flagged about NPS MedicineWise demise Many worry about the impact on the safe use of medicine, while the transfer of skills is another key issue with employees already leaving.
New PIP QI dataset provides ‘snapshot’ of general practice More than 5600 general practices took part in the program – but given the current pandemic environment, how much insight is it providing?
NPS MedicineWise to ‘cease operations’ at the end of 2022 The confirmation comes after a Federal Government decision to proceed with a plan to cut the organisation’s funding.