Delays in AHPRA response times The regulator has implemented a new operating system, which is resulting in delays for both doctors and the wider community.
Teens wait average of 100 days for mental health care: Study The Australian study found these lengthy wait times are exacerbating distress, but GPs say they are ‘hamstrung in providing care’.
In Practice: RACGP Close the Gap Day event The theme, ‘Agency, Leadership, Reform’, highlights the role of leaders in improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
‘The bane of my life’: Authority approvals under scrutiny A recent audit report has shed light on how one of the great admin burdens for general practice became even more onerous. What more can be done?
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.
Demystifying funding models for GPs As general practice undergoes a shakeup, a new analysis explains economic concepts outside the ‘fee-for-service versus capitation debate’.
RACGP calls for GP permission to provide diabetes technology access As part of a consultation process for subsidised access to continuous glucose monitoring, the college says GPs are ‘essential’ to supporting equitable access.
New Chair for RACGP Funding and Health System Reform Associate Professor Rashmi Sharma is stepping up at a ‘pivotal moment for the profession’ and has shared her goals for the future.
Bid to ban social media for children gains momentum GP experts have backed a push to ban kids under 14 from having social media accounts, with hopes it will reduce mental health-related impacts.
‘You’ve got to look back before you can move forward’ Truth-telling and sovereignty are vital to overcoming Indigenous health inequalities, according to a new RACGP submission.