RACGP joins united stand against vaping The college has teamed up with peak health bodies to support proposed new laws aimed at stifling the product’s widespread availability.
GPs central to ‘best value for money’ healthcare Australia’s health sector is among the most productive in the world, but it is quality improvements, not cost reductions, driving its growth.
Scope review creating ‘McMedicine’: RACGP President The investigation’s latest report left Dr Nicole Higgins ‘angry and devalued’, as it ‘trades off quality and safety for convenience’.
Have your say on the state of general practice GPs can take part in the Health of the Nation survey to inform the RACGP’s top-level advocacy and shape the future of general practice.
‘Long overdue’: Aged Care Act delay worries GPs Leaked documents have suggested incoming aged care reform could be delayed significantly, as GPs struggle with existing red tape.
‘Devalued’ GPs rail against task substitution in Scope review The role of general practice is oversimplified and the profession misunderstood, according to a scathing RACGP Scope of Practice submission.
Recreational vaping ban one step closer The RACGP has backed a new Commonwealth plan which would make it illegal to import, make, or sell the product, except for medical reasons.
Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system Professor Michael Woods and Eugenia Tsihlis detail what to expect from the incoming reforms.
AHPRA set to gauge doctors’ views of its role The regulator will use a different approach from its most recent survey, which found doctors had the least positive view of its work.
General practice spending falls by $800m in one year New Productivity Commission figures, which predate the start of the tripled bulk billing incentive, also show a notable dip in the remote workforce.