Rural and remote health still behind the cities: report The health gulf between Australia’s well-served major cities and its rural and remote regions is still wide.
April issue of Australian Journal of General Practice now available The latest issue of the Australian Journal of General Practice, the RACGP’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal, is now available online.
Overhaul of Practice Incentives Program delayed until May 2019 The RACGP has welcomed the delay of the Federal Government’s proposed Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Incentive, as an opportunity to ensure that it is designed correctly and works for general practice.
GP of the Year joins campaign to protect town from dangerous dust RACGP GP of the Year Dr Amanda Bethell has teamed up with Greenpeace to campaign against environmental damage and serious health risks being caused by the closed Augusta Power Stations site.
Study finds administrative general practice visits represent hidden value Research published in the Medical Journal of Australia supports the value and importance of administrative visits to the GP.
A GP in Kununurra: Dr Catherine Engelke Dr Catherine Engelke talks to newsGP about life as a GP in Western Australia’s remote north.
Joining the social circle in rural Australia Weaving into a small community’s social fabric is a key aspect of life as a rural GP.
Wealth and health: Calls for equal healthcare access Research released this week has revealed Australians of lower socioeconomic status are at far greater risk of poor health.
eHealth Forum: Technology and modern general practice The RACGP Expert Committee – eHealth and Practice Systems’ (REC–eHPS) third annual eHealth Forum will be held tomorrow, Thursday 23 November, at RACGP House in East Melbourne.
Caring for refugee patients in the community: Dr Geraldine Duncan Dr Geraldine Duncan, a GP in Wagga Wagga in NSW, has been a key figure in refugee healthcare since the town became a resettlement area in the late 1990s.