RACGP to address Tasmania’s acute care inquiry RACGP Tasmania is calling for increased government support for general practice to ensure the state’s patients have access to the best possible healthcare.
Heavy menstrual bleeding: Understanding the options Hayley Harrison served as a consumer advocate for the Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Health Care on the ‘Heavy menstrual bleeding clinical standard’, bringing her lived experience of the condition to the working group.
Dr Josie Guyer: Growing strong with patient connections Dr Josie Guyer is the inaugural winner of the RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Growing Strong Award.
Fighting excess sugar consumption in Cape York Excessive sugar consumption is a major health problem in many remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout Australia.
Preventive care and potentially avoidable deaths Almost one in five deaths in Australia in 2013–15 could possibly have been avoided, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Major court decision for transgender youth Transgender teenagers in Australia will no longer face a lengthy legal process in order to access hormone treatment following a landmark ruling by the Family Court of Australia.
Wealth and health: Calls for equal healthcare access Research released this week has revealed Australians of lower socioeconomic status are at far greater risk of poor health.
Doctors pen open letter to Federal Government: Let us help on Manus Island Senior Australian doctors from multiple specialties – including general practice – have signed an open letter to the Federal Government offering to fly to Manus Island and provide free healthcare for asylum seekers and refugees.
eHealth Forum: Secure messaging and interoperability General practice is moving closer to saying goodbye to the fax and hello to secure messaging, GPs learnt at the RACGP Expert Committee – eHealth and Practice Systems’ (REC–eHPS) third annual eHealth Forum.
Calls for improved care in offshore detention The Federal Government has neglected its duty to provide asylum seekers and refugees in offshore detention centres with the best available level of healthcare, RACGP President Dr Bastian Seidel told newsGP.