Rural Health

The Australian government has rolled out a series of March MBS updates. Key changes include new nationwide patient end support items that let GPs provide in person help during video sessions with non...

Australia's 16 specialist medical colleges have launched a national framework to improve ethical billing and fee transparency in specialist care. The Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges develope...

Closing the Gap in remote Aboriginal health is not just about buildings. The federal government has allocated 144 million dollars for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation infrastructure...

A portable CRISPR-based multi-pathogen STI diagnostic device has been developed by researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. It can detect DNA and RNA from four sexually t...

Australia’s My Mirror released its 2025 Mental Health Review, using de-identified data from thousands of online psychology sessions. The findings show online therapy can lower distress levels, with so...

The Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs has recommended passing the Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, a move that would let designated registered nurses prescribe medicines under the...

One Nation has floated a policy that requires new doctors to complete a period of regional or rural work before they can get a Medicare provider number. Without this number, doctors could not bulk-bil...

South Australia is seeing a notable rise in general practice training. In 2026, 154 future GPs began on the Australian General Practice Training Program in SA, a 35% rise from the previous year. Of th...

The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association published a position statement in Heart Lung Circulation. Telehealth is describ...

Eight scholarships are being offered under the 2026 Northern Territory Scholarship program, launched by General Practice Registrars Australia to support incoming GPs and rural generalists who train an...

A decade long analysis of AHPRA health impairment notifications published in the Medical Journal of Australia shows non-specialist doctors, including GPs, are more likely to be the subject of health i...

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...

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 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...

A large randomised trial across 20 Australian clinics tested whether text message reminders to parents could boost timely vaccination for young children. About 9,993 parents were enrolled and roughly...

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...

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...