‘Not good enough’: New bill fails youth justice reform The NT Government’s decision to change prison laws has been criticised for not meeting Raise the Age targets based on medical evidence.
North Queensland doctors urged to keep airing concerns A united front is key to countering potential damage, says RACGP president-elect, who has closely tracked the pilot’s controversial evolution.
Mental health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people GP Registrar Dr Rebecca Davison and Nurse Jamie Maney discuss ways to engage young people with mental health issues in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
In Practice: Recognition for antiviral rollout GPs have been thanked by Australia’s Chief Medical Officer for spearheading the rollout of COVID-19 antiviral treatments.
Translating sleep disorder research into clinical settings A new GP education program will include an implementation network to improve access and use of sleep disorder resources in primary care.
How to make gambling harm part of ‘that general medical conversation’ The RACGP wants to support GPs to identify patients at risk of gambling harm in order to better implement targeted specialist treatment.
Could ‘nurse navigators’ help the severely mentally ill? People with serious mental illness are dying much earlier than average from entirely preventable diseases, a situation a new policy aims to improve.
General Practice Crisis Summit: Key outcomes High-level solutions were discussed in working groups and summarised into recommendations to inform the RACGP White Paper.
Future of general practice on the agenda at emergency summit The RACGP is bringing together leaders to discuss solutions to key issues related to general practice sustainability, saying ‘immediate action’ is required.
Army veteran GP reacts to suicide report recommendations The Government has apologised for the failures of ‘successive governments’ in response to an interim report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.