April issue of Australian Journal of General Practice now available The latest issue of the Australian Journal of General Practice, the RACGP’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal, is now available online.
RACGP President expresses concerns about changes to register of practitioners Dr Bastian Seidel does not believe the Medical Board of Australia’s changes to the register strike the right balance between patient safety and practitioner privacy.
Third edition of RACGP and NACCHO National Guide launched in Canberra Federal Minister for Indigenous Health Ken Wyatt launched the updated third edition of the ‘National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’ at Parliament House in Canberra.
GP recommendations adopted in Parliamentary report on life insurance industry The RACGP last year presented the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services with concerns regarding providing medical reports to life insurers – and has now had its recommendations accepted in a Parliamentary report.
RACGP frustrated with lack of consideration in Productivity Commission recommendations The RACGP is disappointed with the Productivity Commission’s failure to heed its recommendations on key Australian healthcare issues in its final report on reforms to the human services sector, President Dr Bastian Seidel told newsGP.
RACGP calls for better support for GPs providing aged care services GPs’ central role in the care of older Australians is being compromised by a lack of proper support and resources, according to the RACGP’s submission to the Department of Health’s Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce.
Moving care from hospital to the community RACGP President Dr Bastian Seidel addressed delegates at the 4th International Health Care Reform Conference in Sydney, speaking on the topic, ‘moving care from hospital to community’.
RACGP welcomes incoming South Australian Government The Chair of RACGP SA&NT has welcomed the incoming South Australian Government and is optimistic about its stated health policies.
Sexual health education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples In the fifth part of a series focusing on the coming third edition of the ‘National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’, newsGP looks at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ sexual health and prevention from blood-borne viruses.
Close the gap: Identity, culture and resilience Close the Gap representative Banok Rind has urged all people in Australia to reflect on 10 years of efforts to address healthcare inequalities while speaking at the RACGP’s Close the Gap Day event in Melbourne.