Registration for Close the Gap PBS Co-payment program extended The extension is to ensure all eligible patients are registered. But have GPs been left to ‘mop up’ issues with the new system?
In Practice: How to prevent and manage patient aggression Also find out about new PBS changes, as well as CPD opportunities, vaping webinars and more.
More than $1b committed to help Close the Gap The funding includes $254.4 million to address the life expectancy gap via infrastructure upgrades to Aboriginal Medical Services.
Close the Gap PBS Co-payment changes a ‘positive step forward’ The RACGP has welcomed changes that aim to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ access to subsidised medicines.
RACGP makes positive Indigenous health advocacy trip For Professor Peter O’Mara, the reason for his advocacy journeys to Canberra can be summed up in one word: connection.
RACGP leads in reconciliation ‘we can all work towards’ This week marks 20 years of Reconciliation Australia and almost three decades of the country’s formal reconciliation process.
Closing the gap through ‘treaty, truth-telling and healing’ The 2021 Close the Gap report focuses on leadership and legacy in working to achieve health equity in Australia.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health Hosts Dr Gill Singleton and Dr Billy Stoupas commemorate NAIDOC week and discuss closing the gap with Professor Peter O’Mara.
Should patients determine their own gap fee? New research suggests a ‘patient-chosen gap payment’ model could potentially generate almost $1.5 billion in revenue for general practice.
New National Agreement a ‘historic turning point’ For the first time, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be able to have their say on closing the gap.