Future Leaders Program applications now open As program graduates and now RACGP state Chairs, Dr Rebekah Hoffman and Dr Sian Goodson are encouraging interested GPs to sign up.
‘Visionary’ review suggests quicker approval of new medicines New subsidised medication approvals would be streamlined and access made easier for vulnerable populations, under a new health technology plan.
New National Sustainable Asthma Care Roadmap released Each year, Australian inhalers cause the same greenhouse impact as 350,000 cars, but experts have found a way to help both patients and the climate.
Further expansion of NIP shingles vaccines GPs can now offer their immunocompromised patients over 18 years old a subsidised shingles vaccine, but the expansion has raised questions about supply.
224 new GP Fellows for NSW The Fellows will now embark on the next stage of their career, with the RACGP President saying they are needed ‘more than ever’.
In Practice: Medicines safety resources The RACGP has a new education toolkit and on-demand recordings for GPs in their role of reducing medicine-related harm.
Bowel cancer screening changes launch Patients aged 45 and above are now able to receive a free kit in a bid to boost plummeting screening rates and increase early diagnoses.
Only 29% of clinical guidelines offer advice on deprescribing Researchers believe clinicians should have more support, but a prominent GP says numerous barriers make this a difficult proposition.
How GPs can maximise general practice incentives The RACGP’s health reform and funding lead detailed important information around the payments at the Practice Owners Conference.
Replica Ozempic and Mounjaro to be banned The Government has removed a loophole allowing the mass production of the compounded drugs amid growing patient safety concerns.