RACGP unveils key asks ahead of Federal Budget Annual children’s health checks, increased funding for longer consultations, and support for practice growth are all on the college’s wish list.
Study links blood protein changes to long COVID Researchers are hopeful that the findings could help improve diagnosis and treatment of a condition it says remains ‘poorly understood’.
Call for more investment in long COVID treatment Concern over long COVID clinic closures prompts push for more funding to boost care for patients with the condition.
‘We need to find a treatment’: World-leading researcher’s long COVID plea Dr Ziyad Al-Aly has lamented the lack of options for people with long COVID, saying they deserve treatment ‘yesterday’.
Long COVID plagued by ‘confusion and undereducation’ Patients are ‘falling through the cracks’ due to a lack of treatment, according to researchers calling for a diagnosis overhaul.
How is POTS related to long COVID? Researchers are finding that many, but not all, cases of long COVID can be explained by postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
Scrap preference for video telehealth consultations: RACGP The college has said the current MBS principle lacks evidence and could compromise access to care.
Living with long COVID: Part 2 The second half of GP Dr Fiona Mackintosh’s interview about post-COVID-19 symptoms focuses on perception, management, and continuity of care.
Q&A: One GP’s lived experience with long COVID Dr Fiona Mackintosh discusses her journey with the debilitating condition, from diagnosis to ongoing efforts at recovery.
Budget reveals $5.7 billion general practice investment Funding will go towards the creation of a new level E consultation item, rebate indexation, telehealth, the bulk billing incentive, and multidisciplinary care.