The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia SA and NT branch is driving a new Australian framework for the Palliative Care Pharmacist. Helen Stone, the SA/NT State and Territory Manager, has drawn on GP p...
Memory concerns are a growing issue in Australian general practice. More patients present with changes in memory or thinking but do not meet dementia criteria, making early signs like subjective cogni...
The Australian government announced a five-year GP training contract worth more than 1 billion dollars. Training will stay under the RACGP and ACRRM, with a split of 71 to RACGP and 29 to ACRRM, spe...
The Federal Government has signed a five-year Australian General Practice Training grant agreement for 2026–30. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) will receive 751.3 million...
The Productivity Commission released the 2026 Report on Government Services, showing total government spend on general practice rose to 13.4 billion dollars in 2024 25, up from 12.7 billion in 2023 24...
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs released a quick guide to help general practitioners understand item numbers when treating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans. The document maps the ava...
Victoria's government announced that the Virtual Emergency Department will begin offering one-off ADHD prescription refills, including Schedule 8 stimulants, from September. The change aims to reduce...
Australia's MBS Review Advisory Committee has released its final findings on long-acting reversible contraception. It says endorsed midwives can access Medicare rebates for contraception related LARC...
Victoria will allow virtual emergency department clinicians to issue ADHD medication scripts for patients who already have a diagnosis and a current treatment plan. The script can cover 30 days to six...
Monash University researcher Susan Saldanha led a set of studies on reproductive coercion in general practice. Reproductive coercion is gender based violence that interferes with a person’s control ov...
The Victorian Government plans ADHD care through telehealth via the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department. It would let patients receive up to six months of stimulant medication without a GP or psych...
World Cancer Day on 4 February 2026 spotlights the push for person centred cancer care. The campaign, led by the Union for International Cancer Control, emphasises seeing the patient as a whole person...
The Australian federal government has unveiled plans to reintroduce a Medicare funded development check for early childhood. It would be the first such item since the Healthy Kids Check ceased in 2014...
New Melbourne University research shows preventable deaths from cardiovascular disease are rising in Australia. From 2007 to 2022, premature CVD deaths increased 19% among men and 13% among women, wit...
The pharmacy at Cohealth’s Collingwood site, located at 365 Hoddle St, closed permanently on Friday 30 January 2026. It had been operated by Integrated Pharmacy Services under John Jackson after Cohea...
The Victorian Government will empower general practitioners to diagnose ADHD in children aged six and older and in adults. It will fund accredited training to get an initial 150 GPs diagnosing ADHD by...
Victoria has unveiled a plan to bring general practitioners into ADHD care, joining Queensland in a shift toward GP led management. The state government has allocated 750,000 dollars to fund accredite...
Rural generalism has moved closer to formal recognition as a medical specialty in Australia, with the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) submitting its 2026 pre-budget package. The Australi...
The Thriving Kids Advisory Group has published its final report and backs a Medicare funded health check for three year olds. The move is part of the Thriving Kids model of care and comes after the go...
