The news today? GPs frustrated by racism, bad pay and red tape

  • News
  • Staff writers
  • 7 October 2025

Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below, we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine, with links to the articles.

Racism, red tape and rising frustration weigh heavily on GPs

Racism from patients and colleagues, growing red tape and worsening pay dissatisfaction are among the key pressures identified in the RACGP’s latest Health of the Nation report.

For the first time, the annual survey examined racism in general practice, with almost one in three GPs saying they had witnessed racism towards a patient in the past year.