Can pain self-management avoid the need for opioids? A new education package is aimed at giving GPs the ability to treat chronic pain without opioids.
GPs in high COVID areas should get respirators fit-tested: Experts GPs have one of the lowest P2/N95 fit-testing rates among Australian healthcare workers, with new research indicating it may be less than 5%.
GPs call for clarity over recovered COVID patients in aged care COVID survivors are now returning from hospital to aged care, but mixed messages could be compromising care.
Go to the market: Government-supplied PPE for GPs a ‘fallback’ Frontline GPs should largely rely on commercial supplies for their own essential personal protective equipment, governments have confirmed.
Overdose toll still worse than the road toll: report More than 2000 Australians died from drug overdoses in 2018, according to a report released on International Overdose Awareness Day.
Questions raised over respirators used in Australian hospitals Victorian and NSW public hospitals are using a batch of respirators that are at risk of tearing and may not meet Australian manufacturing standards.
‘This is a bad idea and puts staff and the public at risk’: Pharmacists resist COVID testing The Pharmacy Guild-backed plan for COVID testing in Queensland has hit a major roadblock – pharmacists.
Why are so many Victorian healthcare workers contracting COVID-19? The state’s Chief Health Officer now concedes the majority of these infections are acquired at work, but that leaves one question: How is the virus getting through PPE?
Less air pollution may be the upside of lockdowns But do the associated health benefits outweigh economic concerns and issues of mental health?
Flu boosters unnecessary as influenza all but vanishes Looking for a silver lining in the pandemic year? Flu booster shots are not needed.