GP19: Your patients, your community, your solutions From AI to pain management to running a practice, the first day of the RACGP’s conference offers GPs a comprehensive look at their profession.
Career interrupted: When the doctor becomes the patient Dr Karen Woods was working hard to advance in the career she loved – but life doesn’t always go according to plan.
Tools of my trade Dr Claire Denness pays tribute to one of the most indispensable tools in general practice.
Helping GPs to discuss overweight, obesity and lifestyle changes LiveLighter aims to boost doctors’ confidence to start conversations with patients about managing their weight.
Decrease in funding a ‘turning point for general practices’ A steady decline in bulk-billing rates can be attributed to under-funding and the cost of running a practice, experts told newsGP.
Department of Health tackles concern over PIP QI requirements The DoH has issued a clarification regarding GP concerns over a perceived requirement for practices to develop their own data-extraction software.
Primary care funding close to a third of total health expenditure Australian health expenditure of more than $185 billion in 2017–18 reflects a small increase from previous years, new AIHW figures show.
New project aims to make it easier for GPs to screen for alcohol harms When does alcohol use become an issue? This new project wants to make it easier for GPs to find out.
Sea change: Life as a GP in the Tiwi Islands Dr Justin Coleman recently made a major life change, uprooting from 12 years of city living to move to the remote Tiwi Islands.
General practice training applications have dipped: What can be done? Australia’s leading advocates for general practice were recently asked a thorny question.