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.
A regular GP helps you live longer: Study Research has linked continuity of care, higher patient rebates, and access to full-time equivalent, fully qualified GPs with greater life expectancy.
Government urged to learn from NHS failures The apparent direction of the ongoing Scope of Practice review has RACGP members concerned that convenience will be prioritised over safety.
Redefined accreditation could boost mobile care clinics The RACGP has launched a revised definition of general practice in an effort to make accreditation and access to incentives more inclusive.
Nine in 10 AGPT participants satisfied with program quality Results from the 2023 National Registrar Survey suggest the transition to college-led training was ‘very successful’, according to an RACGP rep.
GP training numbers up but politicians told more is needed Day two of the GPs @ Parliament campaign focused on workforce shortages, with doctors demanding the Government fix the profession’s ‘second-rate entitlements’.
RACGP voices support for Indigenous health equity The college has reiterated its commitment help Close the Gap by 2030 and empower more First Nations people to become GPs.
‘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.
Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Arrangement could be scrapped The RACGP is opposing a Federal Government plan to drop the scheme, saying it goes against best practice and discourages cooperation.
How RACGP Foundation seed funding blossomed into MRFF grant What started as a small, GP-led diabetes research project recently received close to $1 million to expand into other areas of chronic disease.