General Practitioners
Closing the knowledge gap on Dementia
Dementia Australia has released their new Community Education toolkit which provides interactive information about brain health and dementia. According to the World......
GP’s will leave Regional Australia – Anne Ruston
Senator The Hon Anne Ruston has pointed to the changes the government has made to the Distribution Priority Areas for......
Goodbye To Bulk Billing?
GPs are warning that Australians may soon no longer be able to rely on the Medicare bulk-billing system. Following Labour’s......
World Family Doctor Day and the diagnosis of GP problem
Today is World Family Doctor Day which serves as a reflection on the impact primary healthcare doctors have on our......
Pilot program allowing pharmacists to diagnose is risky: RACGP
The Queensland government is in the spotlight over a pilot plan to allow pharmacists to treat and diagnose chronic health......
Australians prefer telehealth than GP appointments
A survey done by telehealth services InstantScripts found out more Australians are cancelling their GP appointments and using telehealth services......
Polypharmacy complications compromising dementia medication management
A team of researchers from Monash University’s Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS) have released a study that identifies......
A time for healing for Stolen Generations survivors and doctors
Yesterday at Parliament House in Canberra, Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Ken Wyatt AM announced that new resources will be......
GP’s to abandon aged care patients due to financial disparity
The Australian Medical Association’s fourth annual Aged Care Survey has revealed that one in three doctors or general practitioners were......