ADHD treatment access a ‘postcode lottery’ As pressure mounts on existing services, the RACGP is calling for national equity in the treatment and management of people with ADHD.
How do GPs navigate complex mental health across sectors? A webinar featuring ‘on-the-spot’ responses to hypothetical scenarios aims to help GPs identify and manage complex patient pathways.
Eating our way to missed health targets: CSIRO New research shows Australians are on a nutritional nosedive that threatens to thwart the nation’s 2030 health targets.
RACGP urges red tape reduction for GPs A college submission has highlighted the risks of forcing extensive admin burdens onto GPs through ‘onerous’ compliance activities.
TGA strengthens warnings on antibiotic side effects GPs have been asked to use fluoroquinolones ‘judiciously’, as the Administration rolls out more prominent warnings.
Smoking kills 66 Australians daily: Study Landmark research found more people are dying from smoking-related illness than first thought. What can GPs do to help patients quit?
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.
Private healthcare calls for maternity care funding for GPs Could pregnancies and births be managed by GPs and midwives in private hospitals? A proposed new care model raises some questions.
‘Back to basics’ for blood cancer detection With cases predicted to spike in the next decade, ‘good old-fashioned medical care’ can still help GPs to detect the cancer early.
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.