Welcome back to a new year! I hope you have had a chance to rest, spend time with loved ones, and recharge your batteries over the summer break ready for an exciting year ahead. A new year presents exciting opportunities, and I look forward to everything we are set to achieve in 2025.

At the end of last year, the NSW&ACT Faculty Council set our strategic objectives for 2025. You can read more on these in my December report. These objectives will guide me and the faculty in all we set out to achieve for you, our members, this year. These objectives also guided the NSW pre-budget submission, that was provided to the NSW government on 17 December 2024. Once again, we reminded the state government of the importance of investing in GP care. The full submission is available here. 

I’m looking forward to more opportunities to engage with members this year, including those in regional and rural areas. Planning is underway for some trips across NSW and ACT and more information will be available soon. 

I am hopeful for ongoing collaboration with both the NSW and ACT Ministers for Health, Ryan Park and Rachel Stephen-Smith this year, with planned meetings in early February.  I will be talking to them about the NSW budget submission and the need to commit to the election promises made, respectively, and highlighting the importance and value of general practice. I’ll also be making the most of my visit to Canberra as I join my colleagues for the RACGP National GPs @ Parliament event scheduled for the same week. 

Together, we can make 2025 a year of positive change and continued progress for general practice in NSW, ACT, and across Australia.  

Until next month, take care. 

Take care,
Dr Rebekah Hoffman
RACGP NSW&ACT Chair