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GPs recognised for mental health leadership

GPs recognised for mental health leadership

On World Family Doctor Day, the RACGP is celebrating GPs as frontline healthcare champions, and is urging doctors to prioritise their own wellbeing.


In Practice: Calls to join mentoring program

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.


Calls for recognition of ‘isolated’ rural challenges as GP quits

Calls for recognition of ‘isolated’ rural challenges as GP quits

The owner of the only GP clinic in a rural Queensland town has made the decision to leave as years of a work–life juggle takes its toll.


General practice ‘not recognised’ in mental health agreement

General practice ‘not recognised’ in mental health agreement

The RACGP says the Productivity Commission’s review of a new national agreement must include the crucial role GPs play in mental health care.


GPs’ role in gun ownership assessments expands

GPs’ role in gun ownership assessments expands

Recent changes mean New South Wales GPs can conduct a health risk assessment to determine a patient’s suitability to possess a firearm, helping authorities ‘make informed decisions’.


Supporting GP education for the health of the veteran community

Supporting GP education for the health of the veteran community

New tools are available for GPs to support their veteran patients, writes the DVA’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jenny Firman.


Firsthand farm experience for GPs in training

Firsthand farm experience for GPs in training

The next generation of GPs have descended on Dubbo to see firsthand what hazards are faced by rural patients and how they are best cared for.


Royal commission into veteran suicide final report revealed

Royal commission into veteran suicide final report revealed

It demanded an overhaul of systems to help veterans transition into civilian life, a crackdown on sexual abuse, and an increase to DVA fee schedule.


Female doctor suicide risk 76% higher than general population

Female doctor suicide risk 76% higher than general population

Research revealed physician suicides are down overall but female doctors are still dying at a much higher rate, leading to calls for greater support.


What GPs are missing in Indigenous suicide

What GPs are missing in Indigenous suicide

A First Nations psychologist shares advice on how to tackle the youth suicide crisis and says GPs are often ‘told to do the wrong things’.


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