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Tax and policy needed to fight sugar: Study

Tax and policy needed to fight sugar: Study

Support is growing for a sugary drinks tax, with one expert saying an ‘individual responsibility’ narrative is out of step with reality.


Health impacts of ‘overworked’ doctors revealed

Health impacts of ‘overworked’ doctors revealed

Researchers say policies must reduce excessive working hours after they linked overwork to structural changes in clinicians’ brains.


Australia caught napping on sleep policy

Australia caught napping on sleep policy

Sleep must be made ‘a national health priority’, says a new statement, recommending improved training for health professionals.


Diabetes prevalence underestimated in Australia: Study

Diabetes prevalence underestimated in Australia: Study

Researchers have suggested the number of people living with diabetes could be more than a third higher than officially registered.


Medical Dean’s parting words of wisdom

Medical Dean’s parting words of wisdom

Professor Richard Murray has spent the last 20 years at the forefront of medical education, his advice is to ‘follow what has meaning’.


FNQ absorbed into ‘truly national’ GP training program

FNQ absorbed into ‘truly national’ GP training program

The RACGP has taken on more than 200 additional general practice registrars following JCU’s decision to step away from GP training.


New tool could ‘change the trajectory’ of Indigenous heart consults

New tool could ‘change the trajectory’ of Indigenous heart consults

Heart disease is the leading cause of preventable death for First Nations people, but there is hope a new GP resource could help address that.


Think tank explores ways to improve GP workforce

Think tank explores ways to improve GP workforce

Boosting recruitment and retention by raising the profile of general practice among medical students were key themes at a recent RACGP event.


Evidence of ‘protocol deviation’ in Queensland UTI pilot

Evidence of ‘protocol deviation’ in Queensland UTI pilot

The full evaluation of the UTI pharmacy prescribing pilot shows 192 women who received antibiotics should have been referred to a GP.


GPs’ emergency skills boosted in Northern Territory

GPs’ emergency skills boosted in Northern Territory

A partnership between the RACGP and Flinders University is helping territory GPs to further their emergency medicine skills.


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