Retreating floodwaters reveal a long road ahead for NSW communities GPs are stepping up to assist flood-affected colleagues, while calls for general practice involvement in disaster planning remain ignored.
‘Shared stories of general practice and our communities’ The opportunity to showcase Australian general practice with international colleagues at a UAE conference will promote further GP collaboration.
Achieving equality in a COVID-19 world The coronavirus pandemic has increased the gender equality gap but efforts aimed at tackling systemic inequalities provide hope for the future.
People are seeking help for crystal meth use, but what will they find? New research has revealed treatment rates for methamphetamine use have more than tripled from 2003–19.
Why the complementary medicine regulatory push was shelved Medical Board oversight will return to a broader risk-based approach rather than singling out areas of medicine.
‘Burnout isn’t a trophy’: Breaking the stigma around taking time off Third-year medical student Jasmine Elliott challenges the insidious culture of overworking and presenteeism endemic in medicine.
Forum aims to help GPs with ‘connecting the disconnected’ The International Medicine in Addiction conference offers a collaborative and educational platform for GPs and GPs in training.
What do the experts say about the primary care disaster response? From fires to COVID, GPs have responded to the challenges and learned as they went, according to a GP20 plenary and panel.
Calls for GPs to be on high alert for thunderstorm asthma With asthma-related deaths on the rise, experts have emphasised the need for greater patient education on preventive measures.
Australia to become leader in understanding infectious disease It is hoped a new institute for infectious disease will improve capacity to respond to pandemics, but experts say GPs must be involved.