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Sixty-day scripts slow to find favour: Study

Sixty-day scripts slow to find favour: Study

With a significantly lower-than-expected uptake, an RACGP expert says this could be caused by software impediments, complexity over medication eligibility, and patient views.


‘A wake-up call’: GPs issued warning over semaglutide prescribing

‘A wake-up call’: GPs issued warning over semaglutide prescribing

The DoHAC has delivered ‘education letters’ to more than 1000 doctors found to be prescribing the medication under the PBS, but failing to follow the criteria.


Obesity management needs medications on PBS: RACGP

Obesity management needs medications on PBS: RACGP

The college’s new obesity position statement calls for extra funding to treat the complex condition and for care to be made affordable for more patients.


IWD: ‘Every woman can find her tribe to cheer her on’

IWD: ‘Every woman can find her tribe to cheer her on’

One female GP draws on her global experiences to achieve equality, ahead of the RACGP’s International Women’s Day event series.


In Practice: Call to join funding reform working groups

In Practice: Call to join funding reform working groups

The RACGP is seeking members to join Funding and Health System Reform Working Groups on business viability and compliance.


IWD: The fight for better breast care

IWD: The fight for better breast care

Ahead of International Women’s Day, one GP tells why she is committed to improving access to breast imaging in Tasmania.


WHO launches global encephalitis policy

WHO launches global encephalitis policy

The release comes as one GP expert says ‘it’s very likely that Japanese encephalitis is now endemic in Australia’.


Wegovy approved for cutting cardiovascular disease risk

Wegovy approved for cutting cardiovascular disease risk

The TGA has approved semaglutide (sold as Wegovy) as an adjunct to standard of care therapy to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in overweight and obese adults.


In Practice: New MBS item for continuous nerve blockade

In Practice: New MBS item for continuous nerve blockade

The item will be added on 1 March to support the provision of continuous nerve blockade using a catheter technique. 


IWD: ‘The trust bestowed in me has always been humbling’

IWD: ‘The trust bestowed in me has always been humbling’

‘Every day, we are making life a bit better for the people who see us,’ says one GP ahead of International Women’s Day.


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