‘GPs are increasingly concerned’: RACGP takes advocacy to Canberra As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the college is calling for affordable access to healthcare for all postcodes.
ACT GPs expand free abortion access General practices have been supported to carry out medical terminations at no cost, with experts now calling on other states to follow suit.
Call to action urges GPs to be ‘bold and brave’ As GPs @ Parliament wraps up for 2024, MPs are now urging doctors to reach out and share their stories in a bid to create practical policy solutions.
GP training numbers up but politicians told more is needed Day two of the GPs @ Parliament campaign focused on workforce shortages, with doctors demanding the Government fix the profession’s ‘second-rate entitlements’.
GPs as ‘advocates in an increasingly complex medical system’ A Canberra GP who cares for patients aged zero to 100 is recipient of the award for outstanding service to her community.
RACGP takes payroll tax fight to Canberra College leaders have urged politicians in the nation’s capital to intervene on a ‘sick tax’ they say threatens access to GP care – and are calling on members to join the cause.
General practice summit: ‘We have a crisis on our hands that is incontrovertible’ RACGP leadership and healthcare stakeholders gathered at Old Parliament House for a ‘unique opportunity’ to establish solutions to ensure general practice sustainability.
Future of general practice on the agenda at emergency summit The RACGP is bringing together leaders to discuss solutions to key issues related to general practice sustainability, saying ‘immediate action’ is required.
GPs soon able to prescribe abortion drugs in ACT New legislation will enable women to access drugs for medical abortion through specially trained GPs from 1 July.
ACT budget tips money into troubled hospital The trouble-plagued Canberra Hospital will get an $11.5 million cash boost to help reduce long wait times in the emergency department, boost its intensive care unit and increase in-patient beds.