A survey found many GPs lack confidence in child mental health, with experts now calling for support for doctors to meet evolving health needs.

RACGP leaders will join health-tech innovators as the event delves into the future of ‘connection’ in healthcare.

A consortium of telehealth companies and insurers has published its own ‘National Telehealth Standards’ – but how official are they?

The RACGP is calling out the Guild, saying Australia needs ‘policy based on evidence, rather than purchased influence’.

The first-of-its-kind Single Employer Model trial aims to boost the rural GP workforce and strengthen community controlled care.

It’s calling for a Pathways to Rural program to be funded to pay for city GPs to spend four weeks per year practising regionally.

All 16 medical colleges have come together for the launch of a framework supporting ethical and transparent billing practices.

Newly added nationwide items include patient-end support MBS items, which follows a recommendation from the MRAC.

General practice is becoming more heavily relied on to tackle complex care, while the admin burden grows, according to fresh research urging change.

RACGP members can save 10% on registration for the upcoming event, which aims to upskill GPs to support better outcomes for women.

As a GP in the Federal Health Minister’s electorate, Dr Jennie Wright is speaking up to improve care and practice viability.

It says legislation allowing the publishing of fees was set up to ‘allow flexibility’, but adding individual GP details is not the plan.

The point-of-care test can make a diagnosis within an hour, with researchers hoping it will be ready for clinical use in five years.

Its testing of several imported products confirmed they contain no GLP-1 or any GLP-1 analogues, despite being labelled as such.

RACGP Fellows can now apply for Recognition of Extended Skills in migrant, refugee and asylum seeker health.
 

Listings for nivolumab and ipilimumab have been expanded, with a single PBS listing now covering multiple cancers.

The RACGP spoke face-to-face with the nation’s leaders about the value of accessible healthcare, as 20 peak medical bodies join in the college’s biggest advocacy event of the year.

Less than 20% of aged care residents keep their regular GP, a nationwide study suggests, but it’s good news for those who do.

New research found patients taking orforglipron have more weight loss than those taking semaglutide, as the manufacturer works to get the drug approved by the TGA.

A new factsheet has been released, providing practical advice for GPs administering this year’s influenza vaccines.