‘We are heading for a crisis’: Can GP home visits be revived? They used to be a staple of general practice, but home visits have more than halved in recent years. GPs give their take on the situation.
Australian-first study reveals full scope of GP skin cancer care Researchers hope the findings will help guide education, policy and interventions to optimise skin cancer prevention and management.
Increase in GP visits following mild COVID Following infection, patients visit their GP 20% more and require additional medicines than those who never had the virus, new research identifies.
Funding for in-home COVID vaccine assessments ‘inadequate’ GPs have questioned the lack of a dedicated MBS item number for housebound patients.
Filling gaps in care for housebound patients Daytime home visits for older patients are rare in Australia. One GP wants that to change.
Everyone needs a GP: MPs receive health checks in Queensland Parliament GPs Dr Bruce Willett and Dr Krystyna de Lange visited Parliament to reinforce the need for affordable and accessible primary care, no matter how busy life may be.
Study finds administrative general practice visits represent hidden value Research published in the Medical Journal of Australia supports the value and importance of administrative visits to the GP.