Medical students and the issue of suicide Australia’s medical student community is experiencing a suicide problem, the President of the Australian Medical Students Association (AMSA) told newsGP.
Advertising: Is your practice compliant? The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) recently starting sending letters to practitioners as part of its advertising compliance and enforcement strategy.
GPs call for improved mental health funding GPs need to be better remunerated for treating patients experiencing issues of mental health, prominent GP and former President of AMA Victoria Dr Mukesh Haikerwal told newsGP.
Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying bill cleared its latest hurdle. What’s next? The Victorian Government’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill – which successfully navigated the state’s Lower House in October – passed its second reading vote last week, with MPs in the Upper House voting 22 to 18 in favour of allowing the bill to continue to the next stage.
RACGP President wants states to consider patient safety in codeine up-scheduling RACGP President Dr Bastian Seidel has called on Australian health ministers to consider patients before making any decisions that will soften codeine regulations.
GPs among leaders in adopting healthcare technology From wearable devices tracking health data to doctors consulting with patients via a computer screen, technology has become an integral part of the modern practitioner’s arsenal.
New injecting room a chance to link patients to a better life Melbourne’s newly approved medically supervised injecting room may provide a chance to get drug-affected patients on the path to improved health and wellbeing, according to a Richmond GP who works with this patient population.
Richmond safe injecting room trial approved by Victorian Government The Victorian Government’s decision to approve a two-year trial of a medically supervised injecting room in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Richmond – the city’s acknowledged heroin capital – has been hailed as a life-saving measure.
Chief Medical Officer slams reports cheap vaccine to blame for record flu season Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy, has slammed reports suggesting the use of cheap flu vaccine led to Australia’s worst ever flu season, calling them ‘utterly false’. ‘I could not be clearer – I completely refute this false claim,’ he said in a statement.
World Mental Health Day As the healthcare profession marks World Mental Health Day, a recent RACGP benchmark report has revealed that psychological issues are presenting in almost two-thirds of Australian GPs’ consultations.