RACGP welcomes maternity funding boost GPs have applauded the $6 million announcement to expand services in Hobart amid the looming closure of a private maternity ward.
GPs invited to share views on complaints process Doctors are being urged to speak out as part of an investigation into the delays and procedural safeguards faced by those who are subject to an AHPRA immediate action.
RACGP–NACCHO agreement to ‘drive systemic change’ The organisations have signed an MoU to jointly advocate for effective healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
In Practice: Call to join funding reform working groups The RACGP is seeking members to join Funding and Health System Reform Working Groups on business viability and compliance.
Private healthcare calls for maternity care funding for GPs Could pregnancies and births be managed by GPs and midwives in private hospitals? A proposed new care model raises some questions.
Coroner stresses need for complete discharge summaries A quality care expert says findings around a woman’s death from prescription medications are a reminder of the importance of continuity of care.
Rural health snapshot reveals ‘shameful failure’ Urgent action is needed to bridge the health divide impacting rural communities, says the National Rural Health Alliance’s latest analysis.
GP ‘gag clause’ for VAD to be scrapped Victorian doctors could soon be allowed to raise voluntary assisted dying with their patients for the first time after the State Government vowed to update laws currently ‘impeding access’.
Bringing family violence out of the shadows Eleven years after her son was murdered, Rosie Batty will speak at a RACGP event empowering GPs to support patients experiencing abuse.
‘It’s a snowball effect’: The push to Raise the Age ‘Children just hear what people tell them about themselves,’ says one GP calling for youth justice to be considered a health issue.