What are the major healthcare challenges facing the new government? RACGP state and territory faculty chairs lay out the main general practice issues confronting their area.
RACGP CEO: I’m Sorry A trip down memory lane prompted Paul Wappett to reflect on his early experiences with Aboriginal Australians, and vow to make up for lost time.
‘Not the time to point fingers’: GPs push back against hospital ramping blame Queensland’s Deputy Premier has said the hospital crisis is being exacerbated due to ‘GPs declining to see people with respiratory illnesses’.
‘So many positives’ at PONC 2022 Hundreds of GPs and practice managers attended a massive Practice Owners National Conference in Hobart over the weekend.
Research highlights need for holistic post-cancer care Improvements in the early detection and treatment of cancer mean a growing number of people are living on long after diagnosis and treatment.
The importance of being COVID ‘positive’ GP Associate Professor Vicki Kotsirilos lists some of the silver linings that have emerged alongside the dark clouds of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Advance care planning in an ageing population People think their doctors should play more of a role in advance care planning, new research suggests.
A burnt out workforce impacts patient care Burnout among healthcare workers is no new concept – but how much does it impact patient care?
Most health departments not tracking COVID home deaths Only one state health department publicly releases the number of COVID deaths that occur in the home, with the majority limiting information to hospital fatalities.
Aged care deaths mount as Omicron takes a toll More COVID deaths have occurred in the first 15 weeks of this year than all of 2020 and 2021 combined. But is a return to locked down facilities a viable solution?