Private vs corporate: does it impact quality of general practice care? Australian researchers suggest the trend towards larger corporate owned general practices may affect access and quality of patient care – but a GP expert says the evidence is lacking.
Vaccine rollout funding reform headlines RACGP advocacy agenda The college continues to call for additional MBS item numbers to support vaccine counselling in general practice.
Promise wanes for mRNA onshore production With local manufacturing of mRNA vaccines looking increasingly slim in the short term, where does that leave Australia?
Majority of older Australians ‘sidestepping’ end-of-life care And most of the 30% with some form of advance care planning have documents that are incomplete, invalid or not legally binding, a new study finds.
Full clarity on telehealth extension not expected until Federal Budget But the Department of Health has revealed which mental health phone consultation MBS item numbers will remain beyond 30 June.
Chance to recognise ‘most outstanding’ GP People have until 31 May to nominate a GP as part of the Australian Patients’ Association Awards.
Numbers confirm GPs are the ‘backbone’ of COVID vaccine rollout Australia’s GPs have now administered more than 1.05 million vaccine doses – more than half the rollout’s total of 2.03 million.
Longer phone consultations not part of telehealth extension Medicare support for phone consultations longer than 20 minutes will end after 30 June, provoking a strong response from the RACGP.
Telehealth extended but details remain limited The RACGP has cautiously welcomed the six month extension but is still waiting to confirm the policy’s final details.
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