Conference spotlights future of general practice The RACGP’s Clinical Update was an opportunity to highlight what is working well, and how this can be used to set up a robust future.
GP ‘gag clause’ for VAD to be scrapped Victorian doctors could soon be allowed to raise voluntary assisted dying with their patients for the first time after the State Government vowed to update laws currently ‘impeding access’.
Bringing family violence out of the shadows Eleven years after her son was murdered, Rosie Batty will speak at a RACGP event empowering GPs to support patients experiencing abuse.
In Practice: EOIs for Practice Owners Conference presentations Expressions of interest are now open to present at the RACGP’s annual conference for current and aspiring practice owners.
WHO launches global encephalitis policy The release comes as one GP expert says ‘it’s very likely that Japanese encephalitis is now endemic in Australia’.
In Practice: New MBS item for continuous nerve blockade The item will be added on 1 March to support the provision of continuous nerve blockade using a catheter technique.
New ad campaign to ‘raise the profile’ of primary healthcare The RACGP helped launch the first-of-its-kind Federal Government campaign at Parliament House, spruiking the diversity of general practice.
‘An important milestone’: New MS guidelines published The first consensus statement for multiple sclerosis in Australia and New Zealand includes 80 recommendations for treating the disease.
Is your electorate impacted by a bulk-billing shift? Almost 10% of Federal electorates, including all five in Tasmania, had no clinics offering bulk-billed standard adult consultations, new data found.
‘Marshmallow-gate’ exposes ‘broader problem in our health system’ GPs say now is the time for systemic change, after a leaked email from a NSW hospital compared junior doctors to ‘clinical marshmallows’.