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Australia set for new 10-year health plan

14th August 2019

Fewer than one in 10 Australians will smoke in five years time if the Morrison Government has its way. The nation will also…

9th August 2019

A “massive” reform plan to introduce time-tiered MBS consult items for specialists is a threat to patient care and the…

31st July 2019

After the 2016 election, I wrote that federal health minister Greg Hunt had done a great job on the AMA and the RACGP — but…

30th July 2019

Advances in the use of big health data, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, may have the potential to…

19th August 2019

Despite long-standing advice from peak medical bodies including the World Health Organization that long-acting reversible…

8th July 2019

Pharmacists in WA should be writing scripts and taking on a bigger role in managing chronic diseases, says a state…

25th June 2019

We are asking readers whether practice accreditation should be made mandatory. It follows a public health alert last week…

21st June 2019

This is the 'big fix' for the GP funding crisis, the fix to ensure the specialty has the resources to do its job: allow…