In Practice: Electronic prescribing updates GPs can keep up to date on electronic prescribing information with an on-demand RACGP webinar and regularly updated webpage.
Preventable hospitalisations soar in GPs’ absence: AIHW Patients with limited GP access are hospitalised three times more than their city counterparts, and the RACGP warns this will only worsen without a funding shakeup.
Scope of practice: Exactly how the RACGP is advocating for you GP funding models are outdated and no longer fit for purpose, and this must change, writes RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins.
GP named next AMA President Dr Danielle McMullen will take over the leadership in October and says her priority is advocating for greater investment into general practice.
Call to ‘amplify Indigenous voices in medicine’ this NAIDOC Week Growing up in the Torres Strait gave Dr Joanne Kaczmarek a unique insight into healthcare, now she is calling on GPs to challenge their biases.
Study supports benefits of rural training exposure New research has reinforced the impact regional training pathways can have on a doctors’ longer-term work location.
‘We’re not immune’: Radiologist clinics cut regional bulk billing Jones Radiology says it had to make its regional South Australian clinics more economically viable, as bulk billing is cut in its facilities.
Multivitamins don’t help longevity: Study The study found a 4% higher mortality risk for those on multivitamins after analysing nearly 400,000 study participants.
‘We are stronger together’: Ramping up our advocacy In the face of unprecedented change, our role in shaping reform is more important than ever, writes RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins.
Fears ‘forgotten middle class’ may soon be unable to afford a GP Has the cost-of-living crisis left Australian middle class families and individuals among those struggling most to see their GP?