Preventable factors responsible for significant global health burden Risk factors for global burden diseases are responsible for 61% of deaths and 1.21 billion disability-adjusted life-years, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
Closing the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health Eye health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is on track to achieve equity with non-Indigenous Australians by 2020.
Private health service providers responsible for the most data breaches Findings from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner show private health providers are again responsible for the most data breaches of all sectors.
Construction underway on Queensland adolescent mental health facility A planned mental health facility in Queensland ‘signals a new era in treatment’ for young people, according to the state’s minister for health.
Owning a general practice: Striking the right balance Many GPs are managing the ins and outs of running a business, in addition to providing patient care.
Remoteness and its effect on GP access Patient access to general practice varies with remoteness and GP:patient ratios, according to the RACGP’s General Practice: Health of the Nation 2018.
Privacy and the National Cancer Screening Register The coming screening register raises some important questions regarding issues of patient privacy.
Hundreds of thousands of hospital admissions potentially preventable More than 715,000 Australians were admitted to hospital with potentially preventable presentations in 2016–17, according to new data from the AIHW.
GPs and palliative care: Frequently asked questions newsGP spoke with Associate Professor Joel Rhee, Chair of the RACGP Specific Interests Cancer and Palliative Care network, about GPs’ common questions regarding a complex issue in general practice.
George Brandis talks timeline for children’s removal from Nauru The former Attorney-General and current High Commissioner to the UK has declared all asylum seeker children are likely to be removed from Nauru by the end of this year.