Drug summit report reveals points for reform Building a better trained workforce is among its recommendations, with GPs calling for recognition of their ‘life-saving role’.
In Practice: RACGP Close the Gap Day event The theme, ‘Agency, Leadership, Reform’, highlights the role of leaders in improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
In Practice: Call to join funding reform working groups The RACGP is seeking members to join Funding and Health System Reform Working Groups on business viability and compliance.
Conference spotlights future of general practice The RACGP’s Clinical Update was an opportunity to highlight what is working well, and how this can be used to set up a robust future.
Changes in the works for general practice accreditation GPs are being encouraged to give their feedback on proposed changes to the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme.
GP backs coroner’s call for alcohol delivery curfew New coronial findings into the alcohol-induced death of a Victorian woman have prompted calls for sales restrictions, and funds to enable GPs to diagnose problems sooner.
A ‘cautionary’ tale: Pitfalls of the UK physician assistant model Implementing physician assistants in the UK triggered ‘widespread grassroots backlash’, new research finds, serving as another warning for Australia.
NSW to trial pill testing The State Government says its decision to greenlight a 12-month trial at festivals is based on advice from experts and those with lived experience.
Demystifying funding models for GPs As general practice undergoes a shakeup, a new analysis explains economic concepts outside the ‘fee-for-service versus capitation debate’.
GPs feel patient pressure for ‘unnecessary’ antibiotics: Poll One quarter of GPs say they experience this demand daily, with one expert saying it risks becoming a ‘point of tension’ with patients.