Redefined accreditation could boost mobile care clinics The RACGP has launched a revised definition of general practice in an effort to make accreditation and access to incentives more inclusive.
Call to action urges GPs to be ‘bold and brave’ As GPs @ Parliament wraps up for 2024, MPs are now urging doctors to reach out and share their stories in a bid to create practical policy solutions.
Nine in 10 AGPT participants satisfied with program quality Results from the 2023 National Registrar Survey suggest the transition to college-led training was ‘very successful’, according to an RACGP rep.
GPs @ Parliament campaign kicks off A delegation of doctors has descended on Canberra for three days of meetings with the nation’s leaders, demanding an overhaul of the ailing health system.
‘Devalued’ GPs rail against task substitution in Scope review The role of general practice is oversimplified and the profession misunderstood, according to a scathing RACGP Scope of Practice submission.
In Practice: Bulk-billing incentives module update Services Australia has updated its bulk-billing educational module to include the tripled incentive items.
Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Arrangement could be scrapped The RACGP is opposing a Federal Government plan to drop the scheme, saying it goes against best practice and discourages cooperation.
How RACGP Foundation seed funding blossomed into MRFF grant What started as a small, GP-led diabetes research project recently received close to $1 million to expand into other areas of chronic disease.
GP concern over new pharmacy assistants course The training was launched as part of the Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot, but the RACGP says it points to a ‘lack of capacity’.
The ‘many highlights’ of college-led training in SA Despite expected hurdles adjusting to the new model, the ‘bottom line’ is the registrar experience has continued as it always has done.