How do GPs navigate complex mental health across sectors? A webinar featuring ‘on-the-spot’ responses to hypothetical scenarios aims to help GPs identify and manage complex patient pathways.
In Practice: RACGP Close the Gap Day event The theme, ‘Agency, Leadership, Reform’, highlights the role of leaders in improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Grants to entice registrars to the NT When a training stint grows into a deep community connection: Why this GP remains close to the Northern Territory.
Australia’s use of locum GPs investigated Locums are essential to healthcare, but a report suggests better pay and conditions would help build a more permanent GP workforce.
GP-led research paves the way for greater aged care access The study is trialling a new video-enabled virtual care platform to improve access to general practice in aged care homes.
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.
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.
‘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.