Government pledges $32m to medical research sector The financial boost – aimed at helping researchers make breakthroughs a commercial success – is welcome news for people in the field.
Momentum behind refugee bill as GPs give their support The Urgent Medical Transfer Bill is aimed at giving doctors more power to transfer asylum seekers from offshore detention to Australia on medical grounds.
Investigating the benefits of electronic health data Jan Radford used her 2017 Churchill Fellowship to explore how routinely collected electronic health record data can be used to improve patient care.
Harrowing testimonies and inadequate staffing: Royal commission begins The Royal Commission into Aged Care has heard its first traumatic testimonies, as GPs call out the ongoing crisis in staffing levels.
Award-winning GP vows to keep speaking out for asylum seekers Dr Nick Martin, former senior medical officer on Nauru, talks about why he decided to expose what he saw there and his hopes for the future.
What do the MBS Taskforce recommendations mean for general practice? Dr Michael Wright, Chair of RACGP Expert Committee – Funding and Health System Reform, talks to newsGP about the recommendations for general practice and the college’s response.
Undisclosed pharmaceutical payments ‘a cause for concern’ A drop in disclosures related to pharmaceutical company payments to the Australian healthcare sector has prompted calls for more transparency.
MBS review recommends time-tiered billing for specialists The taskforce investigating how doctors bill Medicare made the recommendations following RACGP calls for parity.
Government pledges $70m annually for dementia care More than 30 specialist care units for patients with dementia will be established under the new funding.
Queensland Parliament recommends passing mandatory reporting legislation The RACGP is extremely disappointed in the decision, which flies in the face of the college’s advocacy on the issue and multiple submissions from the medical community.