PIP payments for those affected by bushfire A number of measures have been implemented to support general practices and other healthcare services directly touched by bushfires.
RACGP President congratulates GPs named in Australia Day Honours The 2020 honours list recognises the importance of general practice in shaping the health of the nation.
Australia lagging behind in aged care expenditure The country’s carer entitlements are also sitting at one of the lowest rungs, new research has found, prompting calls for improvements.
Junior doctors working unsafe hours to ‘earn their stripes’ New research highlights the need for workplace improvements to help protect junior doctors’ health and wellbeing.
Future-proofing the general practice workforce The Practice Experience Program offers a number of benefits for non-vocationally registered doctors – and applications are now open.
Maintaining and improving professional knowledge and skills The RACGP has launched its new version of gplearning, offering 85 activities for the 2020–22 triennium.
‘Relax. Be yourself. Be present’: Tips for sitting your FRACGP Dr Jordan Young, a recipient of the Monty Kent-Hughes Memorial Medal, offers some advice for candidates sitting the RACGP Fellowship exams.
Health, social and economic: The impacts of alcohol and other drugs The most up-to-date information on alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in Australia has been released.
Workforce Incentive Program: What will the new year bring? newsGP summarises the changes to government workforce incentives coming into effect in 2020.
OSCE report: Tips for candidates to improve outcomes The RACGP has released its second Objective Structured Clinical Examination report for 2019.