Due to the fluctuating needs of healthcare, many hospitals and health services in Australia have a casual pool to supplement core staff loads during busy periods and to cover sick … Read more…
Due to the fluctuating needs of healthcare, many hospitals and health services in Australia have a casual pool to supplement core staff loads during busy periods and to cover sick … Read more…
Home doctor services, also known as medical deputising services, provide after-hours primary health care to patients in their home or aged care facility on behalf of the patient’s regular GP. … Read more…
Deprescribing is the process of supervised reduction of medications, or stopping them altogether, when they are no longer of benefit to the patient or even doing more harm than good. … Read more…
Mental health issues affect almost one million people living in rural and remote areas, around one in five people. In some communities the RFDS is the only provider of mental … Read more…
A proposal to alleviate doctor shortages in regional Victoria and NSW through the establishment of a new medical school is not supported by existing doctors and medical students. The proposed … Read more…
People experiencing a mental illness tend not to have a family GP that they visit regularly and the lack of coordinated care has significant health impacts. Additionally people with mental … Read more…
Some mental health programs have recently been wound down to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Around 230,000 Australians are estimated to have ongoing severe mental illness but the … Read more…
Research shows that 1 in 5 searches relate to health, and half of smartphone users say they have used their smartphone to look up health information. This includes searching for … Read more…
In a recent post we spoke about Trump’s battle with Obamacare. As Donald Trump continues to astound the world with his unique style of presidency, there continues to be a … Read more…
(MABEL) survey of general practice in Australia and showed GP pay increased by 3.9% between 2012 to 2015, more than double the overall rate of wage growth in Australia. Out … Read more…