Climate change is a health emergency, RACGP declares The college has joined other major medical colleges and organisations in raising the alarm over the current and growing impact of climate change.
Hospital chief has ‘surprising’ primary care stance The CEO of St Vincent’s Health Australia has said the country needs ‘fewer hospitals, not more’ if it wants to make the most of its healthcare future.
Emergency department presentations increase But millions of non-urgent and semi-urgent issues could be handled in general practice, according to the RACGP.
GPs caught in bushfires brace for more devastation Lives and homes have already been lost in the inferno, but ‘catastrophic’ conditions could mean the worst is yet to come.
Priority care centres delivering positive results: SA Government SA Health has released figures on patient use of priority care centres, saying they have helped reduce emergency department overcrowding in the state.
New trial of GP-delivered urgent care set to launch in WA Western Australian patients thinking about going to emergency will next week have a new option – a GP.
Q&A: Parechovirus and general practice newsGP speaks with two experts about a virus that is relatively new to Australia and can be particularly severe in young children.
After-hours access challenging for adults with a mental health issue Some NSW patients wait more than 24 hours in an emergency department, according to a new report.
Why do patients go to emergency rather than to their GP? Experts say the reasons for the phenomenon are complex – but underfunding of general practice is a key issue.
GPs could save the health budget $1.5 billion by stopping lower urgency cases flooding emergency Lower urgency cases are filling up hospital emergency departments around the nation. Could GPs solve the problem?