Further push for ‘better GP integration’ in disaster management Long after a disaster ends, GPs remain as an integral community support. But how can their role be better integrated and recognised?
In Practice: Award nominations extended The RACGP has extended nomination deadlines for its 2024 state, national, rural, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health awards.
GPs’ huge opportunity to provide meaningful palliative care The way in which we care for the dying has a huge impact on the wellbeing of the person who we identify as the patient, writes Dr Louis Christie.
More support needed for GPs delivering palliative care GPs are being asked to share the challenges and successes of providing palliative care, which experts say can be part of day-to-day consulting.
In Practice: COVID telehealth expansion More patients with a high risk of severe illness are now exempt from the pre-existing relationship rule.
Another COVID winter is coming. Is this the calm before another peak? With winter looming, it’s worth taking stock of where we are with COVID and what we might expect, writes Professor Catherine Bennett.
RACGP announces cost reduction program Financial headwinds have led the Board and management to enact a three-year plan aimed at making the college more sustainable.
Free advance care planning support now available for GPs The majority of Australians are not prepared for end-of-life treatment decisions, but GPs have a new resource to help broach this sensitive subject.
Extra 7.4 million eligible for fourth COVID shot ATAGI recommends that everyone aged 50–64 should get a second booster, while those between 30–49 may also receive a fourth dose.
Winter readiness presents opportunity to discuss advance care plans The RACGP has reminded GPs to discuss linking advance care plans with My Health Record when providing ‘catch-up’ care to older patients.