Rural Health

Western Australia is expanding its Enhanced Access Community Pharmacy Pilot (EACPP) with 40 additional pharmacists who will train to diagnose and treat simple conditions. The move comes after the gove...

The 2026 Australian GP training year is on track with the AGPT contract signed and training bodies confirming registrars will not be forced into universal bulk-billing clinics. The government had sign...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners reports a record start to GP training in 2026. A total of 1772 doctors will begin general practice training this year. Of them, 161 will spend at...

With a state election looming in South Australia, 10 health advocate bodies formed the SA College Chairs Committee and signed off on a three point plan. The aims are to map unmet health needs and serv...

In New South Wales the ADHD reform program moves into its second phase, expanding the role of GPs in diagnosis and treatment. NSW reports almost 600 GPs have signalled interest in training to become e...

Australia’s health department released bulk billing data covering November 2024 to January 2026. The national GP non-referred bulk billing rate averaged 81.4%, up 3.8 percentage points on the Septembe...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has set up the Expert Committee – GP Workforce to steer Australia’s general practice workforce planning. Expressions of interest are open for the...

Western Australia is expanding its general practice training with a record 251 registrars starting the Australian General Practice Training program. The cohort is 28.1% larger than last year’s 194 reg...

The 2025 National Registrar Survey shows the RACGP training program reaching historic highs in Australia. About 1225 registrars responded to the confidential survey, conducted for the Department of He...

More than 1,200 general practice and rural generalist registrars took part in the 2025 GP national registrar survey. The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing released the results, showing train...

Independent MPs Dr Helen Haines and David Pocock have launched a parliamentary petition to extend the Commonwealth prac payment scheme to medical and allied health students. The current scheme provide...

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...

Private Healthcare Australia released a report based on a survey of more than 4,000 Australians, including about 2,300 who had recently been referred to a non-GP specialist. The findings show 30% have...

A ten year analysis of AHPRA records from 2012 to 2022 looked at 112 677 doctors. One percent had at least one health impairment notification, equal to 1 732 cases. Substance misuse accounted for 38 p...

A large survey of more than 2,000 primary healthcare nurses by the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association reveals that 29 per cent of general practice nurses do not regularly or often work...

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...

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...

Findings from 2026 General Practice Business Viability Insights, produced by Hunter New England Centre Coast PHN, show staffing remains a core problem and administration is a heavy burden. About one t...