The Australian Senate has passed legislation to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC). The AMA has long called for a dedicated agency to improve national health responses. The new C...
South Australia has welcomed 74 new GPs at a ceremony in Adelaide. Among them, 17 are Rural Generalists with extra training in areas like anaesthesia and obstetrics. The event marks the end of years o...
The Australian government is pushing for universal bulk billing for GPs starting November 1. The government claims this will make healthcare free for patients. However, many GPs are sceptical about ho...
The Australian government has launched a new bulk-billing incentive program for general practitioners. The government claims that GPs could earn up to $415,000 a year through these incentives, based o...
Australia has launched a new national framework to improve medication safety during transitions of care. The goal is to reduce medication errors and hospital readmissions, which cost around $1.4 billi...
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has launched Practice Reflections: COPD, a new tool for GPs. It provides personalised reports based on their own MBS data, showing how of...
The Australian government’s PBAC has recommended removing covid antivirals molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir–ritonavir from the Prescriber Bag. This change reflects the evolving covid landscape and the hi...
Australia’s mental health system is under severe strain. Leading experts describe it as neglected and in crisis, with long waiting times and low bed capacity. A new AMA report shows patients wait an a...
Linda Burney has been appointed to lead the Pharmacy Guild’s First Nations Pharmacy Network. The network is part of a broader strategy to improve health outcomes for First Nations communities through...
Australian healthcare is shifting from a focus on volume to valuing patient experience. The Australian Health Service Alliance (AHSA) has introduced a new funding model that rewards hospitals for list...
GPs in Australia can now get $800 to help cover the cost of accredited mental health training called Focussed Psychological Strategies. This training is based on proven psychological therapies like CB...
The South Australian government has allocated $3 million to expand lung cancer screening. This funding supports the national program launched in July, aiming to catch lung cancer early. It will increa...
A new study from Monash University highlights how complex general practice consultations are in Australia. GPs typically handle about eight issues per visit, covering physical, mental, and lifestyle c...
A new framework from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care aims to reduce medication errors during patient discharge from hospital. It focuses on better communication between...
Pharmacy groups in Australia want to expand pharmacists' prescribing rights. They submitted a plan to the Pharmacy Board to allow pharmacists to prescribe a wider range of medicines, including Schedul...
A GP expresses concern about the potential shift to 100% bulk billing in Australia. The doctor explains that bulk billing would force a change in how care is delivered, with shorter consultations focu...
The Australian government reduced public health spending by 30% in the past year, returning to pre-pandemic levels. Total spending was $5.4 billion in 2023-24, down $2.3 billion from the previous year...
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne introduced a new triage policy to improve emergency care for First Nations patients. The policy gives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients priority to be seen...
The Australian government announced that over a thousand GP clinics are now bulk-billing all patients, thanks to a new incentive scheme. The government aims to increase bulk-billing rates, making heal...
A rural GP in Australia is debating whether to switch fully to bulk billing. The new incentives have increased practice income and made subsidised care more accessible for patients. But the GP worries...
