Questions, answers, and embracing change The 2025 Practice Owners Conference ended with a call for GPs to keep their minds open to change as reforms sweep through the sector.
Queensland launches $40,000 GP incentive The General Practice Trainee Incentive payment is available to those beginning their GP training anywhere in the state in 2025.
The future is now: Practice Owners Conference 2025 At a time of unprecedented reform for GPs and practice owners, hundreds gathered for three days of practical advice at the annual conference.
COVID-19 vaccine support items coming to an end From 1 July, the MBS items for vaccine suitability assessments, and associated items, introduced during the pandemic, will cease.
Practice viability: Grants, commissioning and extra funding Do you know how to apply for practice grants? Or access extra funding sources? An RACGP toolkit walks GPs through these income opportunities.
‘A step backwards’: Another pharmacy pilot made permanent The initiative continues to cement itself into Australian healthcare, with a Victorian pilot both expanded and made permanent, but the RACGP warns of compromised patient safety.
Nine out of 10 registrars satisfied with RACGP training: Survey Labelled a ‘tremendous success’, a 2024 registrar survey shows positive results for the training program, as well as areas for growth.
GPs left frustrated by payroll tax ‘savings’ claim The RACGP continues to call for national consistency in scrapping the tax, as the NSW Government spruiks the ‘savings’ made by GPs who have claimed its rebates.
How can GPs prepare economically for the next decade? Ahead of her speech at the Practice Owners Conference, NAB Chief Economist Dr Sally Auld says ‘the sector needs to think strategically’.
In Practice: Calls to join mentoring program Applications are open for the RACGP program that aims to connect GPs, focusing on wellbeing, collegiality and career development.