Joint call for national social prescribing scheme A number of medical organisations, including the RACGP, say support for social prescribing should be included in the 2021 MYEFO.
Priority line to support GPs and their CALD patients The service connects people who speak a language other than English with interpreters and gives special access to the National Coronavirus Helpline.
Shingles vaccine catch-up program extended The extension means people aged 70–79 will now have free access to vaccination against the herpes zoster virus until at least October 2023.
What is Australia’s potential new COVID treatment? Half a million doses of the oral antiviral candidate could become available from next year, pending TGA approval.
How will Novavax fit into Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine plans? GPs will be involved in the rollout of Novavax if it is approved for use in Australia, the Federal Government has confirmed.
New children’s mental health and wellbeing roadmap The new national strategy takes on board the RACGP’s recommendations that GPs are central to the ongoing process.
Vaccine hesitancy continues to fall – with one exception Uncertainty about vaccination is continuing to fall across the country with just one state bucking the downward trend, new figures suggest.
‘Absolutely heartbreaking’: GP forced to throw out hundreds of expired COVID vaccines Plans have been announced to send unused doses overseas, but an absence of forward planning is resulting in wastage.
Progress made on Closing the Gap Latest AIHW figures show the health gap is narrowing between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians.
COVID-19 vaccination reduces household transmission up to 97% The new research findings also appear to be reflected by the recent downward trend in Australian locally acquired cases, a former World Health Organization epidemiologist says.