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Higher Medicare Rebates, More Upright Healthcare Access

​According to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), based on new data from the Cleanbill Health of the Nation Report, an inadequate Medicare rebate has rendered healthcare...

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Funding Lismore and the Northern Rivers to Boost Healthcare Services

The federal and NSW governments' grant support towards improving healthcare in Lismore and the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales has been warmly welcomed by the Royal Australian College o...

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GP Transition Training Welcomed by the RACGP

​The transfer of GP training on February 1, 2023, has been hailed by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) as a historic day. It can be remembered that in October 2017, Gr...

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GP Stewardship of Patient Care Must Be Supported by Medicare Reforms

​The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has issued a reminder that any Medicare reforms must maintain GP stewardship of patient care, which has been shown to promote patien...

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Early success in GP Registrars Pilot Training Program

​Last August 2022, the GP Registrars Pilot Training Program was launched. This Pilot was funded by the Department of Health and Aged Care to assign GP registrars to rural and remote areas without...

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National Rural Generalist Pathway: The Resource for Regional Community Areas

​In 2014, the Australian Government Department of Health committed to implementing a project called National Rural Generalist Pathway, and the appointed person to develop it is the National Rural...

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GPs in rural communities need fewer barriers - AMA

​The AMA Council of Rural Doctors reports that an investigation uncovered scenarios where rural GPs are denied access to work opportunities with local hospitals, while locums are hired. Worse sti...

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Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory is where the road ends.

Is this the most remote private GP clinic in Australia?

Dr Katie Williamson moved to Nhulunbuy to gain skills in a remote town.   On the map, Nhulunbuy doesn’t look particularly remote.   The sixth largest town in the Northern Territory is perched o...

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