GPs recognised with Australia Day Honours Fifteen current and former GPs have been celebrated for their contributions to medicine and other areas.
RACGP hails 60-day dispensing meeting Representatives from both sides of the contentious reform met last week to hash out differences and ensure patients are put first.
Medicine reforms save patients $250 million: Health Minister The past 12 months have brought a raft of changes to 60-day dispensing, the PBS, and bulk billing, but the sector is still crying out for funding.
‘Confused and unwell’: Light exposure’s impact on mental health While too much night-time light can have adverse effects, more during the day could improve mood and wellbeing, world-first research finds.
Sixty-day dispensing medication shortages yet to materialise The CEO of Australia’s largest pharmaceutical distributor says there has been ‘very little change in demand’ during the initial weeks of the new policy.
Call for more recognition of GPs’ role in mental healthcare With mental health the most common presentation in general practice, the RACGP has said more could be done to improve access and outcomes.
Sixty-day dispensing: What GPs need to know After a long and hard-fought push, the landmark changes will finally be in place from September. Here’s what to expect when the reform goes live.
Senate blocks last-minute attempt to delay 60-day dispensing Debate over extended dispensing headlined a chaotic day in Parliament House that eventually secured its planned adoption next month.
Senators pushed to hold firm on 60-day dispensing The policy is due to begin within weeks, but stalling tactics in the Australian Senate remain a possibility.
In Practice: MBS online tool updated The RACGP resource has incorporated the July rebate changes and added new mental health case conference items.