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'Wonderful move': foreign GPs fast-tracked to plug gap

Qualified doctors from Ireland, New Zealand and the UK will be able to see Australian patients sooner after the regulator eased registration hurdles.

AAP

Pharmacists say they were not consulted on ‘rushed’ Labor-Greens vape deal

Federal health minister counters that Pharmacy Guild did not make submission to regulation inquiry and selling vapes still a decision for individual stores

The Guardian - AU

Out-of-pocket GP fees highest on record: Newcastle doctors charging up to $104 for appointments

Bulk-billing rate stable in the Hunter, despite incentives.

Newcastle Herald

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Urgent calls to review ACT's walk-in centres after damning report card

Walk-in centres have not been evaluated since 2011.

The Canberra Times

New Zealand to be briefed on Aukus – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Rate of GPs bulk billing all patients in Australia drops to below one in four, data reveals

Cleanbill report reveals national rate of bulk billing dropped 11% last year to 23.6%, with 514 clinics removing the service

The Guardian - AU

Drug resistance threat: 'don't ask doctor for antibiotics for a cold'

Deaths are occurring from antibiotics resistance in the region.

Newcastle Herald

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Poorer Australian regions lose out in ‘flawed’ allocation of doctors, GP body says

System of identifying shortages leads to skewing of resources towards wealthier areas, according to Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

The Guardian - AU

Canberrans 'cheated' over urgent care clinics, GPs say

GPs say ACT roll-out will be different to all other jurisdictions.

The Canberra Times

GPs face state payroll tax threat

She said the tax would force practices to close.

Newcastle Herald

Winter flu and COVID cases fall, with spring in sight

'Influenza-like illness and bronchiolitis were stable.'

Newcastle Herald

Overseas-trained doctors could be fast-tracked to work as Australia’s staff shortage projected to swell

Peak body for GPs will consider simplifying assessments that compare skills of foreign doctors to local ones

The Guardian - AU

Philip Morris making deals with Australian pharmacies to supply below-cost vaping products

VEEV nicotine pods and devices offered at an 80% margin on the condition pharmacies sign supply deal with the tobacco giant

The Guardian - AU

Doctors wasting too much time on bureaucratic red rape

Doctors waste too much time with non-standardised templates, naming specialists in referrals, and outdated data-sharing, according to the RACGP.

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Newcastle Herald

'No one is trying to step into each other's territory': Pharmacists back UTI treatment

'The women have had positive experiences.'

ABC News

UTI trial the latest front in 'turf war' between Pharmacy Guild and peak GP group

A Queensland pilot allowing pharmacists to prescribe antibiotics for UTIs was popular with patients, but the peak body for GPs has serious concerns with the program and it's opened up a new front in their turf war with pharmacists.

Newcastle Herald

Pharmacy prescriptions for women for UTI infections and the pill

Trial will improve access to medications and ease pressure on GPs.

Newcastle Herald

'War on drugs' must end as opioid deaths mount, GPs say

'Many of these deaths occurred in the home.'

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ABC News

Not a single vaping product containing nicotine has TGA approval

Currently, there is not a single vaping product containing nicotine approved by Australia's drug regulator, meaning that these medicines have not been tested for quality and safety.

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New South Wales pharmacies sign up to prescribe UTI medications and resupply the pill

From next month, New South Wales pharmacists taking part in a trial will be able to prescribe medication for urinary tract infections (UTI) to women under the age of 65 as well as resupply younger women with the contraceptive pill.

The New Daily

Extended prescriptions reforms a ‘no brainer’, but not a silver bullet

Doctors pushing for reforms could mean patients get extended prescription, to aid the cost of living crisis and healthcare crisis.

AAP

GP advice can help you quit, not vapes: doctors

Doctors have joined the call for stricter e-cigarette regulations amid concerns Australia's successful smoking cessation efforts are being thwarted.

ABC News

NSW GPs, tax specialists want healthcare clinics excluded from payroll tax

A NSW tribunal ruling about payroll tax may see GP clinics subject to an additional tax burden, which doctors say could make their clinics unviable.

ABC News

Does Labor plan to use your super as a 'piggy bank' to fund its pet projects?

The Coalition says Labor plans to use your super as a 'piggy bank' to fund its pet projects. What are the facts?

AAP

GPs back Queensland plan to offer illicit pill testing

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has backed the Queensland government's plan to roll out illicit pill testing to minimise harm to users.

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