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Changes to dispensing could save patients time and money and save taxpayers millions each year
from the Minister – AMA finds hundreds of millions of dollars saved getting NDIS participants home from hospital
AMA finds hundreds of millions of dollars getting NDIS participants home from hospital
AMA calls for two months of medicines to be dispensed from a single script
Need a bulk-billing GP? Why throwing more money at Medicare isn’t the answer
Strengthening Medicare report welcome but immediate action needed to help general practice
‘Exit block’ contribution to hospital crisis highlighted by AMA
With the training to diagnose, test, prescribe and discharge, nurse practitioners could help rescue rural health
Medicare reform is off to a promising start. Now comes the hard part
Medicare report encouraging but significantly more investment needed to save general practice
AMA calls for major reform to protect patient data
Public hospitals in logjam as performance worsens
AMA warns GP practices face collapse because of funding crisis
“Pressure cooker” hospital workplaces need to change says AMA
AICD announces new directors
AMA welcomes single employer model pilot for GP trainees in Tasmania
AMA renews calls for sugar tax
Medicare media ahead of Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report
RACGP: Pharmacy Guild comments reveal true intentions
Time for Australia to join 85 countries and jurisdictions taxing sugary drinks
Welcome to 2023 from AMA President
Horror elective surgery logjam threatens to blow-out to 500,000
Governments can relieve pressure on general practice by introducing payroll tax exemption
“Bewildering” private health has customers scratching their heads
AMA calls for independent and properly funded CDC
Covid Vaccination information and resources for GPs 22 December
Information for GPs and practices about transition to college-led training 22 December
Travellers with injectable medicines containing ingredients derived from animal or human origin no longer require TGA approval to enter Australia
AMA calls for Centre for Disease Control to be independent
Greens return to Parliament with bill to raise age
Private health insurers with big profits and high management expenses fail value for members test
SA Health Sector Urged to Unite for Patient Access Improvements
AMA Indigenous medical scholarship applications open
Withdrawal of 50-50 COVID funding leaves hospitals without lifeline
Primary Sense tool launched
Assignment of Medicare benefits and telehealth services
No excuses left – raise age of criminal responsibility to 14 says AMA
Better Access report highlights need for new mental health investment
AIHW diseases burden data underlines pressing need for investment in health
Pressure on health system to get worse as federal government fails to extend Covid funding agreement
RACGP: What is Queensland Government hiding on controversial pharmacy prescribing pilot?
General Practice in spotlight
Data shows disastrous decline in public hospital performance
What to do if your Medicare provider number is exposed in data breach
Questions Must Be Answered on Pharmacy Prescribing Trials
Amoxicillin Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument in force
Information for GPs and practices about transition to college-led training 8 December
New Education Fact Sheet – Prescribing PBS Medicines