A major Australian study examined more than 330,000 aged care residents across about 3,000 facilities from 2013 to 2019. It shows GP continuity matters. Only 17.3% kept their usual GP after moving in,...
Rising living costs have sharpened the focus on private health care costs in Australia. Insurers and some government voices have pointed to non GP specialists as a primary driver of higher out of pock...
Four Corners highlighted a troubling pattern in Australian health care. A Melbourne gynaecologist, Simon Gordon, performed surgeries that removed ovaries and uteruses in dozens of young women who did...
General practitioners in Australia carried the case to Parliament as the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners led the GPs Parliament advocacy event in Canberra from March 2 to 5, 2026. Th...
From 1 March the PBS expands listings for nivolumab and ipilimumab. Nivolumab is Opdivo and ipilimumab is Yervoy. The price cap is $25 per course. The change is expected to save more than 5,000 Austra...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and around 20 peak patient bodies travelled to Canberra to push for reform of Medicare rebates for longer GP consultations. They note that more th...
Australia’s My Mirror released its 2025 Mental Health Review, using de-identified data from thousands of online psychology sessions. The findings show online therapy can lower distress levels, with so...
A large Australian study analysed GAHT uptake from 2013 to 2024 using the Person-Level Integrated Data Asset, linking Census data with Medicare records. It identified 32,241 people who began gender-af...
From 1 March 2026, the government expands Medicare rebates for GP referrals to speech pathology. Eligible patients under 25 can access eight assessments and 20 treatment sessions with speech pathologi...
One Nation has floated a policy that requires new doctors to complete a period of regional or rural work before they can get a Medicare provider number. Without this number, doctors could not bulk-bil...
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...
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...
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 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...
US telehealth group Hims & Hers has completed the purchase of Australia’s Eucalyptus for USD 1.15 billion, bringing 775,000 customers under its umbrella. Eucalyptus operates online clinics including P...
The government is moving to mandate price disclosure for medical specialists. The Medical Costs Finder (MCF), launched in 2022 by the Morrison Government, aimed to help Australians compare costs for c...
