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GPs and their central place in maternity care

GPs and their central place in maternity care

Dr Wendy Burton, GP and Chair of the RACGP Antenatal/Postnatal Care Specific Interests network, talks to newsGP about advocating for the GP’s role in delivering comprehensive maternity care.


Examining changes to advance care planning laws

Examining changes to advance care planning laws

Associate Professor Joel Rhee talks to newsGP about recent changes to Victoria’s advance care planning laws, and how more financial support for GPs could help encourage greater uptake among patients.


Potential health effects of increasing homelessness

Potential health effects of increasing homelessness

Australia’s homeless population has increased by almost 5% in the last five years, with 50 out of every 10,000 people experiencing homelessness, new research from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed.


Changes to Victorian advance care planning laws

Changes to Victorian advance care planning laws

The RACGP believes that GPs’ ongoing and trusted relationships with their patients means they are well positioned to initiate and promote advance care planning.


Antenatal care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Antenatal care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

In the fourth part of a series focusing on the coming third edition of the ‘National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, newsGP looks at health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during pregnancy.


General practice and palliative care: Where does one end and the other begin?

General practice and palliative care: Where does one end and the other begin?

GPs can often find themselves providing palliative care near the end of their patients’ lives, but many would like to see greater funding and recognition of these skills.


Overhaul of Practice Incentives Program delayed until May 2019

Overhaul of Practice Incentives Program delayed until May 2019

The RACGP has welcomed the delay of the Federal Government’s proposed Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Incentive, as an opportunity to ensure that it is designed correctly and works for general practice.


The role of GPs in genetic testing advice

The role of GPs in genetic testing advice

The increasing availability of genetic testing means GP involvement with prenatal and antenatal care is becoming more important.


Study finds administrative general practice visits represent hidden value

Study finds administrative general practice visits represent hidden value

Research published in the Medical Journal of Australia supports the value and importance of administrative visits to the GP.


Hospital complications show need for more preventive health: RACGP President

Hospital complications show need for more preventive health: RACGP President

Dr Bastian Seidel has recommended a greater focus on preventive health in response to a report on patient complication rates in Australian hospitals.


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