General practice ‘not recognised’ in mental health agreement The RACGP says the Productivity Commission’s review of a new national agreement must include the crucial role GPs play in mental health care.
GPs’ role in gun ownership assessments expands Recent changes mean New South Wales GPs can conduct a health risk assessment to determine a patient’s suitability to possess a firearm, helping authorities ‘make informed decisions’.
Supporting GP education for the health of the veteran community New tools are available for GPs to support their veteran patients, writes the DVA’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jenny Firman.
Royal commission into veteran suicide final report revealed It demanded an overhaul of systems to help veterans transition into civilian life, a crackdown on sexual abuse, and an increase to DVA fee schedule.
Female doctor suicide risk 76% higher than general population Research revealed physician suicides are down overall but female doctors are still dying at a much higher rate, leading to calls for greater support.
In Practice: Medicines safety resources The RACGP has a new education toolkit and on-demand recordings for GPs in their role of reducing medicine-related harm.
What GPs are missing in Indigenous suicide A First Nations psychologist shares advice on how to tackle the youth suicide crisis and says GPs are often ‘told to do the wrong things’.
Plea for urgent youth mental health overhaul Doctors say not enough help is being given to GPs doing the heavy lifting within an ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘inadequate’ system.
‘As GPs, we can only try to give hope’ The unexpected death of a patient prompts Dr Andrew Leech to reflect on a mental health care system that has stretched beyond capacity.
‘Deeply confronting’ findings show acute distress of AHPRA notifications The regulator has released study findings showing there were 16 suicides over four years among practitioners facing regulatory scrutiny.