Newcastle GP Dr Max Mollenkopf has split White Bridge Medical Centre into two Services to separate bulk-billing and premium care. White Bridge Express is the bulk-billing arm with kiosk check-in, a se...
An Australian Bureau of Statistics social survey released this month shows a sharp decline in trust toward healthcare. The ABS collected responses from 13,302 households in May and June 2025. Trust in...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has opened expressions of interest for accrediting new GP training sites for 2027 as it tries to ease ongoing GP workforce shortages. The RACGP al...
The University of Sydney will launch a part-time Doctor of Medicine program in 2027, enabling third-year medical students to complete the degree over two academic years. The initial rollout will run a...
Nudge letters to GPs were mailed in May 2022 to 5339 doctors who ranked in the top 10% for two or more of 10 commonly overused pathology test combinations. The initiative, run under Australia’s DoHDA...
Ahead of National Reconciliation Week, RACGP has released events and resources to help members engage in reconciliation. NRW runs from 27 May to 3 June, with the theme All In. The program includes a H...
A BMJ in-depth review finds calcium and vitamin D supplements are unlikely to help older Australians reduce fractures or falls. The analysis pooled data from 69 randomised trials comparing calcium or...
The Australian Digital Health Agency has released the National Framework for Digital Health Standards, a blueprint to coordinate digital standards across health settings. The document standardises ter...
Queensland has widened access to the free intranasal FluMist vaccine by including children aged 6 to 17 who find needles challenging. The change, announced by the Queensland Government, makes FluMist...
A Danish study from Copenhagen University, funded by Novo Nordisk, followed 27 523 people with asthma and presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Turkey. Among participants, 49% were overweig...
Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration has addressed GPs about the peptide surge and the risk from unapproved products. In a two‑week enforcement drive, investigators seized more than 900,000 un...
Federal Health and Ageing Minister Mark Butler has outlined a $25.3 million package to fund six bulk-billed general practices in regional NSW, aiming to start operations by mid-2027. The sites will be...
On World Family Doctor Day the Royal Australian College of GPs celebrated the enduring GP–patient relationship and urged that AI and digital tools strengthen care rather than replace it. It said techn...
On World Family Doctor Day, 19 May 2026, the RACGP highlighted that digital health should support general practice rather than replace it. RACGP President Dr Michael Wright said technology can improve...
The diphtheria outbreak in Australia has intensified across four states, with 133 cases reported in the Northern Territory, 79 in Western Australia, 6 in South Australia and 2 in Queensland so far in...
The Victorian government has confirmed that the Collingwood sobering-up centre run by Cohealth will cease overnight operations from mid-2027. The closure coincides with the expiry of a $1.5 million ba...
The federal government has unveiled a $25.3 million, three-year plan to establish six fully bulk-billing GP clinics across NSW in the Hunter, Central Coast, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie regions. The i...
The Heart Foundation led an Australian-first Clinical Consensus Statement on Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease, developed over 12 months by a 22-person taskforce that included three GPs and launched...
Raise It campaign targets AOD stigma was kickstarted by the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network last month to shine a light on how bias affects patient care. The effort features GPs includi...
Victoria moved to expand pharmacists’ prescribing of oral contraceptives under the Chemist Care Now program, but the government refused to publish the health advice it relied on. Premier Jacinta Allan...
