The Black Dog Institute's Future Proofing Study, launched in 2019, followed 6,388 students from 134 Australian schools starting in Year 8 for five years to track mental health trajectories. It found t...
In a discussion with an AI strategist, the future path for doctors in AI-driven medicine was laid out. The key point is that diagnosis could shift from episodic clinic visits to patterns learned from...
Researchers at Flinders University tested a vision-enabled AI scribe that uses Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and Google Gemini to document medication histories. In a proof-of-concept with 10 pharmacists...
RACGP president Dr Michael Wright and fellow primary care leaders joined hundreds in Canberra for a two day conference hosted by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. The event, titled Inte...
The Australian General Practice Research Foundation has opened two GP led grant rounds. The Ageing Well Research Grant offers $150,000 to GP led research addressing ageing, aged care and end‑of‑life c...
The RACGP NSW/ACT has released its NSW pre-budget submission for 2026-27, urging the government to lift primary care funding. A core ask is a 40 per cent rise in Medicare rebates for Level C and D GP...
A Queensland study from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research at Queensland University of Technology examined GP participation in voluntary assisted dying in Queensland. Twelve Queensland-base...
The Department of Health Disability and Ageing opened a February consultation on modernising the GP to hospital based specialist referral ecosystem. The RACGP published terms for indefinite referrals...
Melbourne researchers at Monash University conducted what is described as a first-of-its-kind study on ADHD in women. The cross-sectional online survey ran from June to November 2023 and involved 600...
In New South Wales a record number of doctors started GP training in 2026, with 530 aspiring GPs entering the AGPT program. That is a 27 percent rise on 2025. A rural training pathway attracted 255 tr...
A targeted Stop Syphilis campaign has been launched to improve GP confidence in testing for syphilis as Australia confronts a rising outbreak. It follows a survey of more than 800 Australian health wo...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has taken a cautious stance on indefinite referrals as the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing weighs modernising the referral system. The...
Australia is accelerating toward AI enabled care as patient side tools like ChatGPT Health and Claude Health start guiding patients through symptoms and care options. The rise of online GP platforms s...
On 20 March 2026 Australia formed the National Clinical Governance Committee for Digital Health to guide officials on balancing access to new technologies with clinical safety. The Australian Digital...
The 2026 Close the Gap report was released on National Close the Gap Day and confirms that some progress has been made, but most health and equity targets remain off track. It notes that about one thi...
Gestational diabetes affects up to 20% of pregnancies in Australia, with rates over 35% among South Asian women. GP Dr Ania Samarawickrama is leading a PhD project to map gestational diabetes and life...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has released the program for the 2026 Practice Owners Conference, to be held at Sydney International Convention Centre on 23–24 May. The event gat...
AHPRA released its National Scheme Strategy 2031, a five year plan to prepare for a higher level of notifications as the healthcare landscape changes. The regulator cites three drivers: an ageing work...
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has laid out how GLP-1 obesity medicines could gain subsidised access through the PBS, with Wegovy front and centre. The plan calls for a slow and manage...
Team Debrief clinched the 2026 RACGP Hackathon in Sydney, taking out the prize for an AI powered GP support tool that reframes case analysis and clinical supervision. The seven teams worked over three...
