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New evidence suggests the healthcare gap is slowly closing

New evidence suggests the healthcare gap is slowly closing

Greater engagement with health services, including for prevention, has seen a steady improvement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.


‘Patients trust us more than any other doctor’: GPs perfectly placed to deal with systemic racism

‘Patients trust us more than any other doctor’: GPs perfectly placed to deal with systemic racism

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the most incarcerated people in the world and have health outcomes equivalent to developing countries. But GPs can help.


‘Quite worrying’: Premature mortality inequality in Australia

‘Quite worrying’: Premature mortality inequality in Australia

The continually widening gap may be exacerbated by COVID-19.


Overcoming biases to close the gap

Overcoming biases to close the gap

To mark Close the Gap Day, campaign co-chair Karl Briscoe discusses how GPs can make their practices more culturally safe.


‘The results are not good enough’: Long way to go in closing the gap

‘The results are not good enough’: Long way to go in closing the gap

Only two of seven targets are being met in efforts to close Australia’s healthcare gap – the same result as last year.


PIP payments for those affected by bushfire

PIP payments for those affected by bushfire

A number of measures have been implemented to support general practices and other healthcare services directly touched by bushfires.


Extension for PIP QI applications

Extension for PIP QI applications

Practices experiencing delays in either submitting data or securing a time-limited exemption may now submit a late application for payment.


Rural–urban healthcare gulf still wide: AIHW

Rural–urban healthcare gulf still wide: AIHW

The health gap between Australia’s cities, regions and remote areas remains wide, according to new data from the AIHW.


Coalition of Peaks begins community engagement events

Coalition of Peaks begins community engagement events

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative body is consulting directly with the community about the changes needed to close health gaps.


What’s behind the gender pay gap in general practice?

What’s behind the gender pay gap in general practice?

The issue is now well-known, but GPs say little progress has been made.


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