The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners SA launched its 2026 election policy platform in the SA campaign. A key ask is to create a South Australian Centre of Excellence in Neurodiversity...
From 1 March the Medicare Benefits Schedule will allow up to 20 rebated treatment sessions and eight assessment sessions for eligible patients under 25, delivered by speech pathologists and other alli...
South Australia is seeing a notable rise in general practice training. In 2026, 154 future GPs began on the Australian General Practice Training Program in SA, a 35% rise from the previous year. Of th...
Victoria Police has reversed a controversial recruitment change and will again have the final say on whether applicants are fit for frontline duty. The force says it will strengthen the physical and m...
At the National Health Summit 2026 a panel highlighted that clinicians must keep decision making at the point of care as AI tools grow in use. The final decision stays with clinicians, and they need t...
Eight scholarships are being offered under the 2026 Northern Territory Scholarship program, launched by General Practice Registrars Australia to support incoming GPs and rural generalists who train an...
The Department of Health Disability and Ageing faces renewed scrutiny over the Support at Home Integrated Assessment Tool. The IAT relies on a human assessor’s input to assign a care package level for...
Researchers compared primary care in six rich nations and found it under unprecedented strain. The countries are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zeala...
The Federal Government commissioned an independent evaluation of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs). More than 130 clinics are now operating, with 87 analysed between June 2023 and August 2025. The s...
AHPRA is rethinking how it handles notifications and regulator intervention after reports about a high profile gynaecologist, Dr Simon Gordon, and allegations surrounding endometriosis surgery. Gordon...
Primary Health Care Nurses Day highlights the role of nurses who help people stay well before illness worsens. Denise Lyons, a nurse practitioner and president of the Australian Primary Care Nurses As...
The CareZen virtual care pod began a rollout in Tenterfield, a rural town in New South Wales, giving residents access to bulk-billed psychology sessions delivered by HealthBright. The pod provides a p...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is urging the federal government to establish an independent pricing authority to set Medicare rebates based on evidence, value and true cost of d...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has tightened the medicinal cannabis framework in Australia. The changes take effect immediately for veterans who have not previously received prescriptions. From no...
A financial and operations analyst highlights a pattern in not-for-profit aged care where workforce management drives instability more than funding models. In June 2025, data from 14 Little Aged Care...
Queensland has observed a notable drop in infant RSV detections after a free vaccination program using Beyfortus (nirsevimab) began in April 2024. A real‑world study analysed about 21 000 RSV PCR test...
The second interim evaluation of urgent care clinics in Australia shows nine success measures based on data from June 2023 to August 2025. It follows the first interim evaluation from March 2025. UCCs...
