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Australia’s 2026-27 Budget includes notable funding for three-year-old health checks and digital health upgrades. The government commits 126.1 million dollars to re-establish three-year-old health che...

PCOS has been renamed PMOS, short for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, after 14 years of campaigning. The change was announced in Prague and published in The Lancet, signalling a global shift...

On 12 May 2026 the Northern Territory Health Minister announced trained pharmacists can diagnose and manage 21 conditions without a GP visit. The scope includes asthma, weight management and initiatin...

Australia's 2026-27 health budget is shaping up with a clear GP focus. Health Minister Mark Butler has kept details tight beyond existing commitments, but the standout GP item is a $1.8 billion pledge...

The NSW contraceptives prescribing trial has moved to allow pharmacists to write prescriptions for the oral contraceptive pill from June, building on an earlier phase where pharmacists could dispense...

Victoria will provide free meningococcal B vaccines to Year 10 students as part of a $9 million state program. The vaccine is set to be offered from 1 January next year through existing school immunis...

On 11 May 2026 the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued fresh warnings about importing peptide products, emphasising that many are still arriving under the Personal Importation Scheme and may pose...

New South Wales will enable pharmacists to initiate prescriptions for the contraceptive pill from 1 June. The policy is backed by the Minns Labor Government and around 60 NSW pharmacists are expected...

HealthLink Pro went live last week with two paid plans for general practices. The essential tier is $12 per year, while the professional tier is $480 per year. This follows a prior 2024–25 plan that f...

Australia appears to be adopting NHS-style policy levers through changes to bulk billing for general practice. The government has tied a 12.5 per cent practice incentive to 100 per cent bulk billing o...

Canvas LMS breach was disclosed by its owner Instructure in early May 2026 as a cybersecurity incident affecting the cloud based learning platform used by about 9000 institutions worldwide. In Austral...

Gwen Brett, a Bathurst resident and former nurse, faced a long string of heart events that left doctors unsure of the cause. Her new GP, Dr Marcus Hayward, pressed for answers after spring 2023 brough...

cohealth has been granted a $1.5 million Commonwealth funding reprieve to keep its GP clinics open while it implements governance and service reforms. The funding is time-limited and conditional for u...

Seven major GP groups released a joint pre-budget statement urging reforms to fund longer consultations, boost workforce support and back culturally safe care. The core ask is higher rebates for longe...

The Grattan Institute released a policy brief arguing that expanding bulk-billing incentives to all patients channels billions into general practice while deepening funding flaws. Before November 2025...

Local Government NSW has released a six point plan for rural and regional healthcare, centered on a GP guarantee backed by a $200 million funding proposal. The plan aims to recruit GPs in locations th...

GP26 abstract submissions are now open for presentations at the RACGP's flagship general practice conference, scheduled for 20 to 22 November at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Kaurna Country. Submi...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners welcomed 40 new Fellows at a Canberra ceremony, with the cohort including two Rural Generalists. The event, hosted by RACGP NSW & ACT, marked thei...

Grattan Institute has published a policy briefing arguing for a shift away from fee-for-service as the main income for GPs toward a blended funding model. Authors Peter Breadon and Molly Chapman conte...

The government will inject $1.8 billion to cement Medicare urgent care centres as a permanent feature of Australia's health system. The move follows a shift in the RACGP position, with the College ann...