The RACGP has criticised Australia’s push to expand prescriber numbers, especially pharmacists, during a time of rising antimicrobial resistance. Over the past five years, resistance has increased in...
Australia’s health system faces a crisis due to high rates of preventable diseases linked to obesity, inactivity, and poor diet. Data shows two-thirds of Australians are overweight or obese, and over...
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare released a new National Sepsis Data Plan and Strategic Analysis Report. It aims to improve how sepsis data is collected, shared, and used...
Australia is on track to become the first country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. Vaccination programs, especially HPV vaccines like Gardasil, have played a key role. In 2021, no cervical cancer...
Fewer Australians are delaying healthcare in 2024-25 compared to two years ago. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that 27% of people delayed or didn’t see a GP when needed, down from 30%. Si...
The US CDC has changed its website to say there is no evidence that vaccines do not cause autism. Previously, the CDC stated vaccines do not cause autism based on scientific studies. The new wording s...
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has raised concerns about recent changes to ADHD care in Australia. They warn that moving quickly to allow GPs to assess and pres...
Australia’s rural healthcare faces ongoing challenges due to distance, systemic bias, and limited resources. Seven million people live in remote areas, experiencing higher mortality rates and less fun...
The NSW Parliament rejected a bill that would have limited access to voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in aged care. The vote was 23-16 against the restriction. Advocates see this as a positive outcome a...
The article discusses challenges faced by GPs in Australia amid recent government policies. It highlights how private psychiatric services are avoiding complex patients, leaving GPs to manage risky ca...
Victoria is expanding its drug testing program across the state, including at major music festivals. The government sees this as a way to reduce drug-related harm and save lives. The first testing sit...
A new analysis from Ochre Health shows female GPs in Australia earn about 6.5% less per hour than male GPs. The study looked at data from 511 GPs across five states during 2024. It found male GPs bill...
The Australian federal government has provided Cohealth with $1.5 million in funding to keep its GP services in Melbourne open until July 2026. Cohealth had announced plans to close some clinics due t...
The Australian healthcare system is shifting towards greater patient access to their health data. Recent updates require pathology and imaging results to be uploaded to the My Health Record system imm...
The South Australian health system is changing how it handles lower back pain. A study showed that many people go to emergency departments because community care isn’t accessible or effective. Most ba...
The OCEAN study builds on the legacy of the BEACH project to gather data on primary care teams in Australia. It aims to understand workforce distribution, skills, and clinical activities within multid...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that access to GPs is improving. More Australians saw a GP last year, with 83.4% of people visiting a GP, up from 82.6%. Fewer people delayed seeing a GP, d...
Heidi AI, an Australian-founded AI scribe, is being rolled out across all emergency departments in New Zealand’s public health system. The rollout follows successful pilots, including one at Hawke’s B...
At Web Summit, the focus was on data sharing in healthcare. Speakers emphasised that data is key to connecting systems, people and countries. Healthcare has traditionally kept data locked away, but no...
The government’s latest Medicare data shows GP bulk billing rates in Australia have remained relatively stable over the past year. The September 2025 quarter saw a bulk billing rate of 77.6%, slightly...
