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The Diabetes Handbook provides the general practice team with updated guidance and recommendations for managing type 2 diabetes
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Our guidelines are now grouped by topic. Browse the sections below for a complete listing of our clinical guidelines.
Abuse and violence: working with our patients in general practice, 4th edition, (the White book) was developed by general practitioners (GPs) and experts to ensure that the content is the most valuable and useful for health practitioners.
A guide that refers to the use of the internet and related electronic communication technologies to deliver mental health information, services and care
Hyperglycaemic emergencies may occur as the first presentation of diabetes (undiagnosed), as well as an acute metabolic decompensation in those already diagnosed
The subject of female genital cosmetic surgery (FGCS) has only recently been investigated in Australia.
Musculoskeletal conditions, particularly osteoarthritis, represented some of the diseases most commonly managed by Australian GPs
An accessible, user-friendly guide to best practice preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
Genomics in general practice is intended to be used as a point-of-care reference for GPs
Prostate cancer screening factsheet is a patient information guide for GPs outlining the risks and potential benefits of prostate cancer screening
The Green Book brings together evidence and lessons learned from the literature and real-life general practices to help implement preventive activities in primary care
More than one in three general practice patient encounters are with older people aged 65 years and over, and general practitioners (GPs) are increasingly seeing more older people in their practice.
GPs can expect more clinically relevant reports when they ask specific clinical questions and provide a diagnosis or differential diagnoses based on clinical findings in the referral requests.
By 2022, it is estimated that 6.2 million Australians older than 50 years of age will have osteoporosis or osteopenia, a rise of 31% from 2012.
The RACGPs position for patient requests for tests that are not considered clinically appropriate
A series of guidelines developed to help address the growing problem of prescription drug deaths in Australia
This guide has been designed to assist GPs and practice staff (the GP practice team) to work with patients on the lifestyle risk factors of smoking, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity (SNAP)
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) first developed Supporting smoking cessation: A guide for health professionals in 2011.
Up-to-date, evidence-based information to help GPs and their teams provide high-quality care people with type 2 diabetes.
List of available resources to help support GPs and their patients with the change to codeine becoming prescription only
These resources include a general practitioner (GP) checklist and pre-insertion and post-insertion patient checklists
The RACGP has published the Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice 9th edition (Red Book) since 1989 to support evidence-based preventive activities in primary care.