In Practice: Call to join funding reform working groups The RACGP is seeking members to join Funding and Health System Reform Working Groups on business viability and compliance.
Conference spotlights future of general practice The RACGP’s Clinical Update was an opportunity to highlight what is working well, and how this can be used to set up a robust future.
What do GPs really think of the $8.5b Medicare investment? It is being touted as an unprecedented injection of funding – here’s how GPs from across the country are reacting to the Labor Party’s announcement.
Changes in the works for general practice accreditation GPs are being encouraged to give their feedback on proposed changes to the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme.
GP ‘gag clause’ for VAD to be scrapped Victorian doctors could soon be allowed to raise voluntary assisted dying with their patients for the first time after the State Government vowed to update laws currently ‘impeding access’.
Bringing family violence out of the shadows Eleven years after her son was murdered, Rosie Batty will speak at a RACGP event empowering GPs to support patients experiencing abuse.
In Practice: EOIs for Practice Owners Conference presentations Expressions of interest are now open to present at the RACGP’s annual conference for current and aspiring practice owners.
In Practice: New MBS item for continuous nerve blockade The item will be added on 1 March to support the provision of continuous nerve blockade using a catheter technique.
Medical Council backs Rural Generalist recognition Rural generalism is on the verge of being recognised as its own specialty, with an application to be submitted to the Council of Health Ministers for approval.
New ad campaign to ‘raise the profile’ of primary healthcare The RACGP helped launch the first-of-its-kind Federal Government campaign at Parliament House, spruiking the diversity of general practice.