An Australian quest for the new frontier of antibiotics newsGP marks National Science Week by speaking with pharmaceutical chemist Dr Ernest Lacey about finding new antibiotics within Australia’s unique microbiome.
It should be My Health Record RACGP President-elect Dr Harry Dr Nespolon looks at the current debate about privacy and medical records, which he says extends far beyond My Health Record.
Dr Bawa-Garba successfully appeals removal from medical register The UK Court of Appeal restored the Medical Practitioners Tribunal’s original order that Dr Bawa-Garba be suspended from practice for 12 months.
Funding for new centre of research excellence hailed as a win for general practice General practice and women’s health score a significant win with the announcement of a $2.5 million centre of research excellence in women’s sexual and reproductive health in primary care.
Urgent call from GPs for healthcare standards boost on Manus and Nauru Dr Kate Walker, Chair of the RACGP Refugee Health Specific Interests network, and former Christmas Island GP Dr Ai-Lene Chan question the quality of asylum seeker healthcare in the wake of the preventable death of an Iranian asylum seeker on Manus Island.
Large-scale RACGP-backed trials of quality and continuity of care about to commence Two ground-breaking RACGP-backed trials designed to improve quality and continuity of care are about to commence.
Managing de-implementation in general practice New guidelines arrive with great fanfare, but what happens to older recommendations that become obsolete? newsGP talks de-implementation with Dr Justin Coleman.
Health and self-determination on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Karl Briscoe, CEO of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers Association, talks to newsGP about his trip to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples earlier this year.
Obesity Australia Summit 2018: A new approach to a growing problem Dr Georgia Rigas talked to newsGP about this year’s Obesity Australia Summit, and why we need to change our approach to overweight and obesity.
Expert pours cold water on My Health Record genomics fears An RACGP e-health expert has poured cold water on fears that genomic data will not be safe if uploaded to My Health Record.