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MedLuma, a clinical-grade AI driven search tool from Medcast, launched for general practitioners on Tuesday. The tool curates Australian guidelines and guidance, plus relevant Australian and internati...

MedLuma has been rolled out by Medcast as an AI powered platform that delivers real time, context aware clinical answers from trusted sources. The system uses verified Australian guidelines including...

Australian researchers from the University of New South Wales published a wide review in Carcinogenesis that examined studies from 2017 to 2025 to assess whether nicotine based e cigarettes cause canc...

The Australian Government has allocated $24.3 million to establish three bulk-billing GP clinics in the ACT and will back that with an extra $10.5 million through the Bulk Billing GP Attraction Initia...

A new international review of preconception and antenatal care shows men’s health remains a secondary consideration. The RACGP expert Dr Ka-Kiu Cheung says GPs can foster joint responsibility for preg...

Pembrolizumab, sold as Keytruda, will be listed on the PBS for three new cancer indications: locally advanced high‑risk cervical cancer that has spread beyond the cervix but not to distant sites; inte...

The Victorian government is pursuing a plan that would let pharmacists initiate prescriptions for the contraceptive pill. Federal senator Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah challenged the move in parliament, ar...

The Australian College of Nursing has urged the federal government to revise the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Program Operational Guidance so nurse practitioners can independently lead Medicare urgent...

DoHDA released the Health Provider Compliance Priorities for 2026, naming five focus areas and placing telehealth at the top of the list. The five areas are Telehealth; Care and management plans; Clai...

The OPTIMAS-GP trial is evaluating an online antimicrobial stewardship toolbox for general practitioners to use during patient consultations. Backed by RACGP, the five-year program unites researchers...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has rejected the Australian College of Nursing push to let nurse practitioners run urgent care clinics independently. The RACGP says UCCs must sta...

GPs in Katherine floods led a rapid primary care response as the town faced its worst floods in 28 years. Dr Karin Jodlowski-Tan, in a clinical governance role at Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service, help...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has urged a major software overhaul to embed social determinants of health from a patient’s first contact and to continue tracking them through ca...

AHPRA has begun an end-to-end review of its notifications system to guard against misuse and to keep processes human-centric, according to CEO Justin Untersteiner during a March keynote. The effort si...

The RACGPs Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health faculty is inviting members to share what working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners in prima...

Rising fuel prices are already impacting GP care, with rural clinics feeling the pinch the most. Unleaded petrol has increased by almost 40 percent and diesel by over 66 percent in under a month, acco...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners NSW & ACT has filed a pre Budget submission with the NSW Government arguing that well connected general practice is the best way to rein in rising...

An AIHW analysis links death records with the 2016 and 2022 censuses to identify groups at greatest risk of dying from skin cancer. This evidence informs Australia’s Roadmap for Targeted Skin Cancer S...

On 31 March 2026 a professional development webcast will address abnormal LFTs. Dr Emily Nash, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist affiliated with Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and Royal Prince Alfred Hos...

Primary care commissioning in Australia is described as a contract exercise, with KPIs and monitoring schedules. The author argues this transactional approach clashes with how real primary care operat...