Cue cards for improving health communication Not everyone finds it easy to discuss their health, but a new resource offers a helpful way to kick-start those conversations.
New campaign to divert less urgent medical cases to GPs An ongoing overcrowding crisis has prompted the SA Government take action in steering cases away from hospital emergency departments.
SA’s health expenditure blows out by $95 million SA Health failed to meet its financial targets for 2018–19, estimating a $95 million overspend that will place the state into further debt.
‘We have to normalise it’: Boosting bowel cancer screening rates Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program remains low, but Professor Jon Emery believes GPs are instrumental to boosting numbers.
Transparency and out-of-pocket specialist fees Patients’ out-of-pocket fees are again in the spotlight, prompting Dr Evelyn Lewin to explore the surrounding issues.
Working towards improved health for men Men’s Health Week aims to raise more awareness of preventive health issues and promote early detection and management of disease among men and boys.
Burden of disease report: Impacts and causes of death Almost $120 billion of recurrent health expenditure was attributed to specific groups of diseases in 2015–16.
Food labelling: When is a medicine not a medicine? Concerns have been raised over alleged double standards regarding the regulation of food products promoted as having ‘special medical purposes’.
GPs recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List The achievements of GPs from around the nation were commemorated in the Queen’s Birthday 2019 Honours List.
June issue of Australian Journal of General Practice now available The latest edition of the RACGP’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal is available online.