The New Zealand College of General Practitioners released the Your Work Counts study, analysing 566 NZ GPs. It shows 56% of a GP’s time is spent in patient consultations, while 31% is non-contact clin...
Denise Lyons leads the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association. She says prevention belongs in primary care. Nurses should work at their full scope. Funding lags behind practice. She compare...
Denise Lyons, a registered nurse and now President of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA), is pushing to make prevention central in Australia’s primary care system. She argues...
Legislation before parliament would let the government publish more detailed specialist fee data on the Medical Costs Finder. The site cost 24 million to build and relies on doctors volunteering to up...
Australia needs a national digital nursing passport. The Australian College of Nursing released its 2026–27 pre-budget submission. It calls for a federally funded National Nursing Capability Passport...
Roxanne Suwas, a Perth based practice owner and mentor, argues that calling GP visits free hides the true cost of running general practice. General practices aren’t government funded like hospitals. T...
The sixth antimicrobial use and resistance (AURA) report from the Australian Centre for Disease Control highlights a rise in antimicrobial resistance and emphasis on GP stewardship. It draws on data f...
A Queensland Supreme Court ruling favoured ophthalmologist Dr David Kitchen in his lawsuit against former Professional Services Review director Professor Julie Quinlivan. The judge found Quinlivan lia...
The Improving Choice and Transparency for Private Health Consumers Bill sets out plans to publish GP fees and bulk-billing rates by default on the Medical Costs Finder. The data would come from Medica...
The Department of Health and Aged Care has published a draft post-listing review of spinal cord stimulators. It recommends lowering Prescribed List benefits for implantable pulse generators, with non-...
From November 2025 the Australian government expanded the bulk-billing incentive for general practice. The changes extend a Medicare top-up to all patients who are bulk billed, not just concession-car...
Two days of health estimates in Parliament House put a spotlight on how Australia spends on health, aging and disability supports. The focus was squarely on the aged care system and the Support at Hom...
More than $61.4 million was paid to general practices in the first Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program round. Payments went to 2,949 practices out of 3,251 registered, covering November 1 to Decem...
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a 739.2 million dollar investment to boost the treatment and rehabilitation of veterans. The plan also funds administrative tasks tied to compensation clai...
Access to health services now hinges on candidacy. Scarce beds and staff mean patients must prove they deserve care by meeting intake criteria and navigating bureaucracy. Online guidance and even soci...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has updated the fee guidance for GPs who perform medical assessments and reports used in veteran compensation claims. The changes take effect on 9 February 2026 and...
The move from the Commonwealth Home Support Program to the new Support at Home model is drawing warnings from peak bodies, clinicians and regulators in Australia. COTA, Meals on Wheels, academics, pro...
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has released early figures for the Bulk Billing PIP. In the first two months, the BB PIP paid out $61,370,277.86 to 2,949 practices. The average payout...
