On 20 March 2026 Australia formed the National Clinical Governance Committee for Digital Health to guide officials on balancing access to new technologies with clinical safety. The Australian Digital...
The 2026 Close the Gap report was released on National Close the Gap Day and confirms that some progress has been made, but most health and equity targets remain off track. It notes that about one thi...
Gestational diabetes affects up to 20% of pregnancies in Australia, with rates over 35% among South Asian women. GP Dr Ania Samarawickrama is leading a PhD project to map gestational diabetes and life...
Dr Chris Irwin, who has stood as a RACGP presidential candidate and now leads the Australian Society of General Practice, is urging Victorian GPs to engage in policy advocacy ahead of the state electi...
AHPRA released its National Scheme Strategy 2031, a five year plan to prepare for a higher level of notifications as the healthcare landscape changes. The regulator cites three drivers: an ageing work...
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has laid out how GLP-1 obesity medicines could gain subsidised access through the PBS, with Wegovy front and centre. The plan calls for a slow and manage...
GP burnout is reframed as a system problem rather than an individual failing. The piece follows Dr Sarah as she experiences a typical busy morning, then contrasts it with a neighbourhood health hub mo...
Queensland’s RACGP branch has lodged a pre-budget submission with the Queensland Government to fund a GP Disaster Preparedness Program. The package would provide grants of up to $40,000 for as many as...
Novo Nordisk chief executive Mike Doustdar used a National Press Club address to urge broader PBS coverage of Ozempic for children with obesity. He framed expanded access as a way to accelerate early...
RACGP specialist Dr Tim Jones is urging urgent online marketing controls for unregistered peptide products after warnings that social media drives illegal backyard sales. He cites an 18-year-old who r...
A major systematic review published in The Lancet Psychiatry evaluated 54 randomised controlled trials from 1980 to 2025, involving 2,477 participants, to test whether medicinal cannabis benefits ment...
Telstra Health has introduced Smart Connect, a pathology eRequesting capability within MedicalDirector Clinical to replace paper-based pathology requests with a fully digital workflow. The first integ...
The rural town of Kimba in South Australia remains without a permanent GP three years after the council invested in a $1 million medical centre and two rent-free homes to attract a doctor. The Kimba D...
The Northern Territory held its inaugural GPs@Parliament last week, organised by the RACGP NT faculty. General practitioners offered MPs health checks as they spoke one-on-one about general practice,...
A new blood test score named MAPI, the MetALD-ALD Prediction Index, distinguishes metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease from alcohol-driven injury in steatotic liver disease. It rel...
The Australian Medical Association has urged the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing not to allow indefinite referrals. Its submission argues that extending referral periods to two years, thre...
RACGP welcomed a change to the rural WIP that alters how a doctor’s full-time equivalent is calculated. Department of Health, Disability and Ageing documents updated in December 2025 outline that FTE...
The 2026 RACGP Hackathon kicked off in Sydney, bringing 51 participants across seven teams together for a three day sprint to address a primary care challenge. GPs collaborate with tech experts and en...
Australia will run a 12 month trial from January 2027 that lets concession card holders access pharmacy prescribed contraceptives and allows qualified pharmacists to treat uncomplicated UTIs without a...
RACGP led University of Origin analysis shows Monash University and James Cook University trained the most future GPs and rural generalists last year. Across 21 universities, 1226 graduates began gene...
