Australia's federal health minister has reaffirmed plans to expand the registered nurse scope of practice in primary care. The move follows the APNA workforce report which shows nurses who do not work...
A Healthed/HSD survey of 1,535 Australian GPs shows 18.7% personally use an AI scribe in consultations, while 81.3% do not. Among non-users, around one in three are seriously considering adopting. Thi...
Bulk-billing GP clinics will receive $25.3 million to establish up to six fully bulk-billing practices across the Central Coast, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter regions. The funding sits alongsid...
Older Australians who keep a regular GP are less likely to end up in hospital or present to emergency departments. A national study of more than 120,000 Australians aged 65 and older, conducted 2016–1...
General practice is being reshaped as routine tasks move to alternatives. Urgent care centres enable same‑day access, while pharmacists and nurse practitioners are expanding their roles and digital to...
The NSW Legislative Council inquiry into fertility support and assisted reproductive treatment heard personal testimonies about miscarriage and stillbirth, highlighting serious gaps in care. Four wome...
The 2026-27 Budget provides 598.3 million dollars to sustain and enhance My Health Record, with a plan to expand sharing by default and strengthen secure data exchange. The government says 24.6 millio...
On 12 May 2026 the Northern Territory Health Minister announced trained pharmacists can diagnose and manage 21 conditions without a GP visit. The scope includes asthma, weight management and initiatin...
The NSW contraceptives prescribing trial has moved to allow pharmacists to write prescriptions for the oral contraceptive pill from June, building on an earlier phase where pharmacists could dispense...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has published a deep dive into digital general practice in the Australian Journal of General Practice. The issue brings together reflections on di...
On 11 May 2026 the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued fresh warnings about importing peptide products, emphasising that many are still arriving under the Personal Importation Scheme and may pose...
New South Wales will enable pharmacists to initiate prescriptions for the contraceptive pill from 1 June. The policy is backed by the Minns Labor Government and around 60 NSW pharmacists are expected...
HealthLink Pro went live last week with two paid plans for general practices. The essential tier is $12 per year, while the professional tier is $480 per year. This follows a prior 2024–25 plan that f...
Australia appears to be adopting NHS-style policy levers through changes to bulk billing for general practice. The government has tied a 12.5 per cent practice incentive to 100 per cent bulk billing o...
Canvas LMS breach was disclosed by its owner Instructure in early May 2026 as a cybersecurity incident affecting the cloud based learning platform used by about 9000 institutions worldwide. In Austral...
Gwen Brett, a Bathurst resident and former nurse, faced a long string of heart events that left doctors unsure of the cause. Her new GP, Dr Marcus Hayward, pressed for answers after spring 2023 brough...
cohealth has been granted a $1.5 million Commonwealth funding reprieve to keep its GP clinics open while it implements governance and service reforms. The funding is time-limited and conditional for u...
The Australian Medical Association joined the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in criticising the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s draft data governance framework for the...
The Grattan Institute released a policy brief arguing that expanding bulk-billing incentives to all patients channels billions into general practice while deepening funding flaws. Before November 2025...
