COVID patients exempt from 12-month telehealth rule People with COVID-19 can keep having telehealth consults with any GP, regardless of when their last appointment was.
North Queensland doctors urged to keep airing concerns A united front is key to countering potential damage, says RACGP president-elect, who has closely tracked the pilot’s controversial evolution.
Information security guide to keep GP data safe Worried an Optus-style data breach could affect you? An updated information security resource is now available for general practice.
Controversial pharmacy prescribing pilot finalised The North Queensland program is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2023, with the college warning about risks to patient safety.
‘A constellation of symptoms’: Long COVID in focus The first public hearing into long COVID has taken place as clinicians attempt to work out the scale of the problem, and one GP reports a rising demand for treatment.
Doubts over impact of key antiviral treatment A large UK study suggests molnupiravir has no effect on hospitalisations and deaths but reduces the overall recovery time from COVID-19.
RACGP backs IMG red tape reduction Federal Government bureaucracy can be cut but the college makes no apology for ensuring standards are maintained, says RACGP Rural Chair.
Could ‘nurse navigators’ help the severely mentally ill? People with serious mental illness are dying much earlier than average from entirely preventable diseases, a situation a new policy aims to improve.
Massive shortage in projected care workforce flagged Workers required to care for Australia’s most vulnerable may fall short by more than 200,000 people by 2050, a new report has warned.
Army veteran GP reacts to suicide report recommendations The Government has apologised for the failures of ‘successive governments’ in response to an interim report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.