RACGP back in charge of training The RACGP will resume delivery of general practice training in Australia, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced this morning at GP17. ‘General practice training is back with the RACGP, where it should always have been,’ he said during his keynote address.
Dementia death rates rising Dementia is now the leading cause of death among women in Australia, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is a significant development given ischemic heart disease has previously been the leading cause of death for both sexes in Australia since the early part of last century.
Opioids leading in drug-induced deaths Drug-related deaths in Australia are at their highest levels in the last two decades, according to figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).