Streamlining could make GPs more willing to prescribe vapes: RACGP In feedback provided to the TGA, the college has reiterated its support for reforms designed to minimise vaping harms.
More than 125 health organisations back Voice to Parliament A wide array of organisations, including the RACGP, is encouraging voters to consider the potential health benefits of a Voice to Parliament.
How many practices have opened and closed in your area? This month, newsGP asked every PHN about new general practices and those that shut their doors over the past year. Here is what we were told.
‘Deeply troubling’: At least 184 general practices lost in a year New clinics have offset the closures to a degree, but the figures represent a net loss of at least 55 practices – and incomplete data means the number could be much higher.
Call for more recognition of GPs’ role in mental healthcare With mental health the most common presentation in general practice, the RACGP has said more could be done to improve access and outcomes.
New tobacco and nicotine laws ‘to be in place by next April’ Legislation entered Parliament this week, with measures to deter smoking among young people as well as cut the appeal of vapes.
Medical deans say GP funding and pay review ‘urgently needed’ The recommendation is among 23 suggestions in a position paper advocating for a ‘skilled, sufficient and sustained’ general practice workforce.
Call for views on scope of practice A review into scope of practice, which seeks to ‘unleash’ the potential of the health workforce, is open for feedback.
Sports injury database ‘would be a crucial resource’ A Senate report into concussion has broadly been welcomed, although there is no firm recommendation for evidence-based guidelines for GPs.
Call for ‘every woman’ to share gender bias health stories The results of a newly launched survey will help shape policy to reduce gender inequities in the health system.