‘We need to act’: Junk food advertising bill tabled Proposed new laws would stop unhealthy food from being advertised from 6.00 am – 9.30 pm to help protect children.
‘Duty of care’ to help Close the Gap: RACGP leaders The college hosted a webinar to mark National Reconciliation Week and explore this year’s theme: ‘Be a Voice for Generations’.
GPs to help drive next generation applicants Ahead of AGPT applications closing, the RACGP is calling on its ambassadors to encourage junior doctors to choose the same rewarding career.
New fitness-to-drive test could streamline process for GPs The test, currently in development, will be focused on patients living with dementia and is designed to be performed in consulting rooms.
In Practice: New PBS fact sheets In the last edition for 2022, GPs can find information on meeting obligations and responsibilities when prescribing PBS medicines.
Queensland buries pharmacy pilot FOI requests for 256 days – and counting The government department has been accused of hiding information related to the north Queensland pharmacy prescribing pilot.
‘We need to protect our GPs’: MPs go in to bat for general practice Professor Monique Ryan, the Member for Kooyong, is the latest parliamentarian to take up the general practice cause in Canberra.
Question Time focuses on GP crisis after college advocacy Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says general practice is in crisis nationwide, not just rural and remote Australia.
MPs bridge political divide to address GP crisis A new nonpartisan Parliamentary Friends of General Practice group will aim to find solutions for the serious issues plaguing primary care in Australia.
Fitness to drive updates: What GPs need to know New soon-to-be-released standards will be required for all medical assessments and decisions determining a person’s fitness to drive.