Sixty-day scripts slow to find favour: Study With a significantly lower-than-expected uptake, an RACGP expert says this could be caused by software impediments, complexity over medication eligibility, and patient views.
‘A potent force’: Editor shares vision for AJGP With more than a third of articles written by GPs this year, the journal’s new Editor-in-Chief says AJGP is a ‘powerful channel’.
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‘Unprecedented’ update to antibiotic guidelines The first tranche of a major update from Therapeutic Guidelines has been released, with a focus on infections treated in primary care.
It is time to embrace defragmented virtual care models Australian GPs need support and funding for collaborative online consults with non-GP specialists, writes GP Dr Morgan Rayner.
One in 15 Australian adults living with diabetes: ABS Around 6.6% of adults now have diabetes, up from 5.1% a decade earlier, according to new data.
Teens wait average of 100 days for mental health care: Study The Australian study found these lengthy wait times are exacerbating distress, but GPs say they are ‘hamstrung in providing care’.
Is the Federal Election a ‘turning point’ for healthcare? Brandishing a Medicare card, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a 3 May Federal Election, with GP access a central pillar for both major parties in the 2025 race to the polls.
UCCs five times more expensive than standard GP consult: Report In the wake of a new evaluation, the RACGP says the work of GPs in the clinics is valued, but it holds concerns about their cost and fragmented care.
GPs and MPs call for boost to meningococcal B vaccination A group of independent NSW MPs has called on the State Government to do more to protect families from meningococcal B.