Smarter care can cut costs and help people with chronic conditions Encouraging a culture of innovation will improve preventive healthcare and keep people out of hospital, writes Adjunct Professor Stephen King.
Retreating floodwaters reveal a long road ahead for NSW communities GPs are stepping up to assist flood-affected colleagues, while calls for general practice involvement in disaster planning remain ignored.
‘As a clinician, I’ve seen them on that brink’ GP and former Army Major Dr Kerry Summerscales speaks to newsGP about the importance of a royal commission into veteran suicide.
Fears aged care antipsychotics proposal could impede patient care The royal commission’s recommendation would restrict GPs’ ability to prescribe antipsychotics for people receiving residential aged care.
Royal commission calls for revamped primary care funding model The recommendation was contained in the newly-released Final Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
RACGP submission outlines framework to assist child mental health care The college recommendations make it clear that not involving GPs in children’s wellbeing would be a potential missed opportunity.
‘Enough is enough’: Aged care sector unites to demand reform Australia needs to at least double its spending on aged care to ensure better standards now and into the future, according to a new report.
Governments spend billions more on hospitals than general practice Despite a rise in general practice investment, public hospitals still receive six times more funding.
Aged care component added to college MBS tool The RACGP guide will make it easier for GPs to navigate new aged care item numbers added late last year.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: Room for improvement A new report card details how health indicators are performing – with mental health and incarceration rates of key concern.