Pharmacy Guild scope-of-practice push continues The calls, found in a submission to the National Rural Health Commissioner, include the ability to prescribe medicines and administer more vaccines.
Life after mesh: One patient’s harrowing experience with transvaginal mesh Justine Watson lost her career, her family, her home and nearly her life after she received a pelvic mesh implant, but she hopes GPs and their patients can benefit from her story.
Changes to NSW abortion bill raise further questions Proposed legislation to decriminalise termination of pregnancy has passed the New South Wales lower house, but some amendments may prove controversial.
Compass: Pointing towards elimination of cervical cancer Dr Lara Roeske talks to newsGP about a large-scale trial to assess the new screening program and help make it even more effective.
Overcoming barriers to cervical screening: Self-collection As Australia works towards eliminating cervical cancer, Dr Lara Roeske re-emphasises a pathway that can help reach under or never-screened women.
Australian women receive sub-optimal heart care: Study New research has found women are less likely to be prescribed recommended medications.
Elimination of deadly disease ‘on track’ Australia is well placed to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035, but GPs can still do more, a women’s health expert has said.
Helping PTSD patients stop ‘enduring symptoms in silence’ PTSD Awareness Day aims to reduce burden and encourage support from healthcare professionals and advocacy groups.
Policy responses to increasing workforce supply Associate Professor Ayman Shenouda wants to start a discussion to support planning around a future Australian medical training model.
Majority of women in prison are mothers: Report Nine out of 10 women in Australian prisons are mothers and two in five people entering prison have dependent children, a new survey has revealed.