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Victoria announces permanent pill testing program

Victoria announces permanent pill testing program

The drug checking service will begin this summer and attend up to 10 music festivals over the next 18-months.


Fit your own mask first: GPs and self-care

Fit your own mask first: GPs and self-care

GPs are often well equipped to recognise the signs of burnout and compassion fatigue before their ‘capacity to cope crumbles’.


Opioid tool aims to help GPs have ‘challenging’ conversations

Opioid tool aims to help GPs have ‘challenging’ conversations

With prescription opioid harm on the rise in Australia and new regulations requiring annual patient reviews, ROOM could save GPs valuable time.


In Practice: Face-to-face opportunities for rural members

In Practice: Face-to-face opportunities for rural members

RACGP Rural is inviting members to join upcoming face-to-face events for networking and educational opportunities.


Study links Ozempic to kidney failure prevention

Study links Ozempic to kidney failure prevention

It found semaglutide reduced risk of major kidney events by 24% for type 2 diabetes patients, but GPs have urged caution.


Extended skills recognition gains momentum

Extended skills recognition gains momentum

Integrative medicine is the latest area of specific interest awarded to a Fellow of the RACGP under its Recognition of Extended Skills program.


Second Australian hydromorphone trial announced

Second Australian hydromorphone trial announced

The new opiate treatment is meeting people ‘where they are at’ and could save those for whom methadone has not worked.


What are nitazenes?

What are nitazenes?

The synthetically produced opioids are more potent than fentanyl and have recently been detected in Australia.


Responding to requests for unnecessary tests

Responding to requests for unnecessary tests

SPONSORED: There is a good reason why the word ‘necessary’ often appears when it comes to the provision and funding of medical services.


Study shines light on oxycodone prescribing habits

Study shines light on oxycodone prescribing habits

Regional patients are most likely to be first-time users, with a study warning GPs to use ‘careful assessment’ when prescribing.


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