Government to help GPs reach the frontline New emergency protocols will make it easier for GPs to work in bushfire-affected communities.
Targeting disadvantage in smoking cessation A program being trialled in Adelaide will take a new approach to an old, intractable problem – high smoking rates in low socioeconomic areas.
Small signs of progress in budget update The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook includes relatively little for GPs, but there are some promising initiatives.
RACGP President accuses Pharmacy Guild of ‘classic overreach’ The powerful lobby group has again called for expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice following a new report that predicts a major GP workforce shortfall by 2030.
Surge in worldwide measles deaths More than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization.
Company-sponsored trials tainting medicine: Researchers Experts have called for the health sector to ‘disentangle from commercial interests’ to improve the quality and reliability of research.
Australian GP named in global list of elite researchers Professor Paul Glasziou has been recognised as one of the world’s most cited researchers in 2019.
Saline spray to antibiotics: GPs and prescribing placebos A study showing Australian GPs have used placebos raises questions in areas such as clinical benefits, patient consent, and antimicrobial resistance.
Why do people with intellectual disability have lower life expectancy? An Australian study has delved into the reasons, and found systemic and social barriers to ‘appropriate and effective healthcare’.
Report reveals veterans’ suicide risk Ex-servicemen have the highest suicide rates, and ex-servicewomen are more than twice as likely to take their own life as women who have never served.