RACGP launches Queensland election platform The college is calling on the next State Government to commit $56 million to incentivise 2000 GPs in training, and to cut red tape.
Queensland welcomes 105 new GP Fellows The new specialist GPs will provide essential healthcare to their communities and were celebrated alongside four award recipients.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners milestone In a ‘fantastic achievement’ 1000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners are now registered with AHPRA.
Consultants of sting: Attitudes towards primary care in dire straits As a final-year medical student, Sasenie Jayanetty shares her insights on the future of general practice from the perspective of a next-generation doctor.
GPs must be equipped to ‘deliver the care our patients deserve’ The RACGP President has laid bare the changes facing general practice and the remedies needed, speaking directly to the nation’s healthcare decision makers.
Pioneering registrar labels remote posting a ‘wonderful experience’ The first participant in a new initiative aimed at addressing rural workforce shortages is learning at a rate she ‘never expected’.
Helping women ‘take ownership of their own healthcare’ Women’s Health Week 2024 centres around ‘Your voice. Your choice’, but for regional patients, that choice can be harder to access.
Canberra Independents commit to GP incentives A coalition of ACT politicians announced a plan to rollout $40,000 packages for GPs, and the RACGP is urging other parties to do the same.
Next ACRRM President revealed Rural Generalist Dr Rod Martin will take over the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine’s top job in October.
Improving patient care: The future of e-consult services Professor Claire Jackson, a professor of general practice and primary care reform at the University of Queensland, speaks about the e-consultation model and its impact on rural healthcare.