Planning essential to help patients hang up the keys: Research Telling elderly patients to give up their driver’s licence can be tricky to navigate, but a study has revealed how GPs can broach the subject.
Misconduct management must be ‘strong and robust’: RACGP A college submission into professional sexual violations by health practitioners says laws must ‘strike the right balance’ between patient protection and procedural justice.
Patient violence in general practice not ‘just part of the job’ With violence against healthcare workers increasing, Professor Leanne Rowe details steps GPs can take to protect themselves and their colleagues.
Cosmetic surgery safeguards undergo major facelift GPs will have a bigger role to play in protecting patients from ‘cosmetic cowboys’, as part of a raft of changes cracking down on the trouble-plagued industry.
How improving cultural safety can lead to better outcomes Harnessing transformation and culturally safe values within the healthcare system are central to Indigenous health leader Janine Mohamed.
COPD clinical care standards up for review GPs are being asked to have their say on the care that people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should expect to receive.
Overwhelming support for warning labels on alcohol A distraught mother is pleading for health warnings to be added to products, after her 26-year-old son died from alcoholic liver disease.
Hopes for ‘sustained improvement’ in appropriate prescribing A report shows a significant rise in the number of antimicrobial prescriptions in 2022 – but the rate remains below pre-pandemic levels.
AHPRA reveals next phase of cosmetic medicine crackdown Botox, fillers, and social media influencers will be in the medical regulator’s sights, as the number of botched procedures skyrockets.
Reduced risks in WA pharmacy prescribing trial Pharmacy prescribing is going ahead in WA but the collective efforts of the RACGP and AMA have resulted in safer prescribing protocols.