Medical history: Leprosy is a terror of the past. Right? Not so. Leprosy, one of history’s most dreaded diseases, is still with us.
The good, the bad and the dangerous: Advising on healthcare apps How can GPs and patients distinguish the helpful from the useless – or even harmful – among the ever-increasing flood of healthcare apps?
Using data to shape the future of health services newsGP spoke with two organisations running primary care data projects that show the potential value of secondary patient data for planning – and predicting – health services at a population level.
RACGP to host a primary care experience day for international health conference The experience day offers an immersive general practice event and a chance for delegates from different areas of healthcare to share knowledge and perspectives.
Children and consent for medical treatment All adult patients in Australia are presumed to be competent to provide consent to their own treatment. But can children and young people give consent?
Reflective learning: What the Dr Bawa-Garba case means for GPs in Australia Following Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba’s successful appeal of a lifetime ban from the UK medical register, many practitioners remain concerned about their own learning processes. But medico-legal experts told newsGP that Australian practitioners are on safer ground.
RACGP broadly supports new medical code of conduct The RACGP is largely in favour of the Medical Board of Australia’s revised code of conduct for doctors.
Medical negligence: What GPs need to know For the fifth of a series on legal matters in general practice, newsGP spoke with two experts regarding what GPs need to know about medical negligence.
It should be My Health Record RACGP President-elect Dr Harry Dr Nespolon looks at the current debate about privacy and medical records, which he says extends far beyond My Health Record.
Dr Bawa-Garba successfully appeals removal from medical register The UK Court of Appeal restored the Medical Practitioners Tribunal’s original order that Dr Bawa-Garba be suspended from practice for 12 months.