RACGP Medicare funding webinar: A recap What does a bulk-billing shake-up mean for you? The college unpacks the plans, shares feedback, and examines different scenarios.
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.
Australia’s use of locum GPs investigated Locums are essential to healthcare, but a report suggests better pay and conditions would help build a more permanent GP workforce.
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.
New consortium eyes primary care system reforms Professor Michael Kidd will lead GP clinician researchers to identify ‘real work challenges and provide practical solutions’.
Commission reveals drop in fully bulk-billed patients The RACGP is calling for greater GP investment, as new figures reveal a significant decline in patients receiving fully bulk-billed GP services.
Hopes $1.7B hospital boost flows to general practice A GP expert has welcomed the one-off payment but says ‘we need to endow the system with more funding to just manage the day to day’.
RACGP calls for PHN overhaul The college says evaluation of long-term goals, and reform to better integrate general practice with the wider health system, are needed.
‘It’s been an ongoing struggle’: Clinic closures continue After making the tough decision to close her practice after years of ‘hanging on’, one GP is calling for urgent workforce and funding reforms.
General practice ‘front and centre’ this Federal Election An overhaul of bulk billing and the GP workforce are emerging as key issues ahead of the 2025 election, with Labor expected to announce major changes.