RACGP provides further support for remote registrars New guidelines aim to help maintain remote supervision opportunities and enable the placement of registrars in areas of need.
Rise in success for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students The latest RACGP CCE exam saw a 100% pass rate among the cohort, which has been hailed as a ‘phenomenal achievement’.
‘Strong case’ for more preventive funding in Australia: Study Analysis of life expectancy and disease burden in The Lancet also suggests Australia compares poorly to similar OECD countries for mental health.
RACGP releases new interpreter guidelines As Australia becomes increasingly multicultural, the college has outlined how to best use interpreters in practice.
GP spearheads indefinite energy drink ban for kids A regional WA GP is at the centre of a campaign to ban the sale of energy drinks to young people, with her hometown leading the way.
GPs target digital solutions to enhance the patient experience SPONSORED: CommBank’s latest GP Insights report shows that most practices expect to lift their investment in technology.
Future asthma risk flagged for babies with food allergy Even if the allergy is outgrown, poorer lung function outcomes are more likely by six years of age, a world-first study finds.
Plea for urgent youth mental health overhaul Doctors say not enough help is being given to GPs doing the heavy lifting within an ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘inadequate’ system.
‘As GPs, we can only try to give hope’ The unexpected death of a patient prompts Dr Andrew Leech to reflect on a mental health care system that has stretched beyond capacity.
Funding boost for rural GP training welcomed Around 340 doctors will be funded to go on rural placements run through the John Flynn Prevocational Doctor Program.