RACGP

The National Guide supports comprehensive care during routine antenatal visits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Antenatal care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

In the fourth 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 health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during pregnancy.

The RACGP supports the implementation of a national real-time prescription monitoring system as part of a comprehensive approach to improved clinical governance.

RACGP recommends options for regulation of schedule 8 prescription opioids

The RACGP has made a submission to the Department of Health detailing its proposed options for the regulation of schedule 8 prescription opioid medicines.

President Dr Bastian Seidel believes the RACGP’s recommendation for a simplified and streamlined prescribing process will benefit not only GPs, but also their patients.

RACGP calls for consistent, simplified medicinal cannabis framework

The RACGP has articulated its view that the current system for prescribing medicinal cannabis products in Australia is ‘highly bureaucratic, time-consuming and expensive’ in its new position statement on the subject.

The National Guide advocates that rates of hearing loss in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population could be reduced if ear infections are managed in childhood.

Targeting hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

In the third 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 examines the health effects of hearing loss.

The March issue of AJGP is focused on zoonotic diseases

March 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 available online.

The National Guide suggests interventions to improve food security include school-based nutrition programs, structured workshops, cooking classes, demonstrations and community kitchens.

Food security and nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

In the second 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 examines the health effects of food insecurity.

Dr Hollands undertook medical training at Birmingham University in the 1950s, when she estimated there was around six male students for every female.

Vale Dr Margaret Hollands

Dr Margaret Hollands, one of the first female members of the RACGP, passed away on 16 February. newsGP looks at the life and career of a pioneering woman of Australian healthcare.

Overcrowding can also result in environmental stressors, such as from a lack of privacy, which can have an impact on mental health.

Overcrowding leads to poorer health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

In the first 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 examines the effects of overcrowding on health outcomes.

National Rural Health Commissioner Professor Paul Worley

National Rural Health Commissioner talks rural generalism, national pathway

Professor Paul Worley talks to newsGP about the proposed national pathway for rural generalism, the collaboration between the RACGP and ACRRM, and the future of rural health in Australia.

Associate Professor O’Mara has called for a renewed commitment to ending inequality.

Tenth anniversary of the National Apology

Associate Professor Peter O’Mara, Chair of RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, reflects on the decade since then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to Australia’s Stolen Generations.

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