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Construction underway on Queensland adolescent mental health facility

Construction underway on Queensland adolescent mental health facility

A planned mental health facility in Queensland ‘signals a new era in treatment’ for young people, according to the state’s minister for health.


GP18 Q&A: Keynote speaker Professor Peter Donnelly

GP18 Q&A: Keynote speaker Professor Peter Donnelly

newsGP spoke with GP18 keynote speaker Professor Peter Donnelly, of the UK’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, ahead of this year’s RACGP conference for general practice.


Fighting antibiotic resistance in residential aged care

Fighting antibiotic resistance in residential aged care

Residential aged care facilities are an important frontier in antibiotic stewardship, but they present their own particular challenges for GPs.


Centre of research excellence awarded for reducing antibiotic resistance in primary care

Centre of research excellence awarded for reducing antibiotic resistance in primary care

Reducing antibiotic prescribing can be a difficult problem for general practice, but a new $2.5 million centre of research excellence will assist by providing evidence-based research and training for GPs.


Funding for new centre of research excellence hailed as a win for general practice

Funding for new centre of research excellence hailed as a win for general practice

General practice and women’s health score a significant win with the announcement of a $2.5 million centre of research excellence in women’s sexual and reproductive health in primary care.


North Richmond safe injecting room – Its progress so far

North Richmond safe injecting room – Its progress so far

Medical Director of North Richmond’s safe injecting room, Dr Nico Clark, speaks with newsGP about the progress of the facility and its benefits for injecting drug users and the surrounding community.


Trial of Melbourne safe injecting facility set to begin

Trial of Melbourne safe injecting facility set to begin

The North Richmond facility – which is intended to lower overdose deaths, link people into support services and improve the safety of the surrounding neighbourhood – will soon open its doors for a two-year trial.


Point-of-care testing vital for rural practices, says GP

Point-of-care testing vital for rural practices, says GP

Point-of-care testing improves care for patients in rural areas, according to a rural GP. Now the RACGP will pilot the Standards for point of care testing in general practices.


GPs urged to tell patients about the ‘cardiac blues’

GPs urged to tell patients about the ‘cardiac blues’

Most patients who develop a sudden heart problem experience some form of emotional, cognitive and behavioural changes. Now a heart health researcher is behind a renewed push urging GPs to warn their patients about it.


Children born to younger mothers at increased risk of developmental vulnerabilities

Children born to younger mothers at increased risk of developmental vulnerabilities

A study of almost 100,000 NSW school children shows those born to teenage mothers have the highest risk of developmental vulnerabilities at age five, largely due to social and economic disadvantage.


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