‘Limited’ semaglutide supplies on the way: TGA
Semaglutide will return to pharmacy shelves this month, but the TGA has warned not all patients previously prescribed the GLP-1 receptor agonist will be able…
Tag: rural
Doctors moving out of the pub with new RFDS facility
There was once a pub with no beer, and a horse with no name but soon travellers on the Oodnadatta Track will have access to…
‘In the morning, there were always dead children to bury… then came a medical miracle’
Burundi in 2001 was a country ravaged by the machete massacres of the 1990s that spread into neighbouring Rwanda. There were still plenty of bleached…
The future of GP training? Remote supervision sees registrar set up 1400km offshore
Dr Peter Hopcroft is completing his GP training 1400km east of Sydney, on a tiny island in the South Pacific. It’s an unlikely place to find a registrar. Norfolk…
AHPRA pledges to cut wait times for IMG paperwork Â
AHPRA says it is cutting down wait times for IMG paperwork, acknowledging that the drawn-out process is a contributor to Australia’s medical workforce crisis. The system for IMGs…
Govt to scrap $27 million in GPs’ medical school debts – as long as they go rural
GPs will be freed from the burden of their medical student fees under the latest plan to fix the workforce crisis, a plan that will refund…
$500k salaries and rent-free practices on offer in towns desperate for a GP
In a specialty filled with intractable problems, the one Dr Rob Bond had to grapple with was how to lure solo GPs to small rural towns. A solo…
Signed, sealed and (about to be) delivered? The return of GP training
It was August 26th in the stands of a rugby league match on a wintry Melbourne night that RACGP CEO Paul Wappett signed the biggest…
20 questions is a fun game – but not during a consult
I often get calls requesting a medication for a recurrent problem, like a sinus infection or UTI. And sometimes, after I send something in and…
With no GP practices left, Tristar finally faces liquidation
The question is whether its former GPs will receive the money they are owed.
