Primary Care

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in Western Australia is calling on the state to follow other states and offer free meningococcal B vaccines to at risk children. A $140 out-of-poc...

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...

Tasmania is considering a pilot to test paramedics as prescribers. The proposal sits within a government push to upskill the rural health workforce, but AMA Tasmania objects. They have branded paramed...

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...

Rural telehealth in Australia promised better access with new tech and broader internet. In Utopia, Northern Territory, a real test is under way. Urapuntja Health Service Aboriginal Corporation runs c...

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 Australian General Practice Training program is expanding in 2026 with 1772 doctors set to start AGPT under the RACGP. The Northern Territory is training 31 GP registrars this year, up 173% from 2...

Australia shifted to universal HPV self collection in primary care on 1 July 2022, opening the option to all women aged 25–74 as part of the national cervical screening program. A retrospective cohort...

GHLF Australia is teaming up with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Australia and HS experts to host a live YouTube webinar on 11 March 2026. The focus is hidradenitis suppurativa, a chronic inflammatory skin...

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...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has become a supporter organisation of the Justice Reform Initiative. The group argues that simply increasing prison time does not solve crime. It...

West Australia has launched a 2.6 million dollar program to provide the Arexvy RSV vaccine free for residents aged 65 and older living in aged care facilities. About 15,000 people are expected to rece...

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, 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...

Medibank has disclosed the latest set of results after buying Better Medical, expanding its general practice footprint in Australia. The November deal valued at 163.5 million added 61 GP practices to...

Victoria Police shifted health checks to nominated GPs last year. The aim is a flexible, efficient recruitment process for applicants. GPs assess medical suitability going back five years and run two...