A GP clinic in Townsville that charged up to $78 per consult has pledged to bulk-bill all patients in the wake of devastating floods across the state.

At least three people have been confirmed dead

Domestic and family violence affects all types of people, regardless of gender, culture or sexuality.

It is complex and there is no quick-fix solution.

Health practitioners are the group of

The recent great debate over pill testing has led to some extraordinary revelations from politicians.

I found Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s public decree that drugs don’t make anything more fun

If you relied on the MBS, you could be forgiven for thinking that public hospitals were the seat of organised crime.

I mean, we all know the states receive funding from the Federal Government to run

Three years ago, I moved to a practice that incorporated a University Health Service, which included a significant cohort of young adults, who provided a range of challenges.

As expected, many

As medical doctors, we have earned the trust of our communities by endeavouring to embody the highest of values and the most responsible of behaviours.

We often take this position for granted.

So,

Medicine need not be confined to the role of cultural bellwether, a sheep with a bell on its neck that reveals where the whole flock is headed.

Along with other professions such as law, clergy and

The AMA wants hospitals to inform GPs about a patient’s unplanned admission and discharge within 24 hours.

Concerned that patients are being let down by ineffective communication between hospitals

Women experiencing domestic violence are more than twice as likely as those in the general population to seek out the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP), a UK study finds. 

The analysis of 200,000

Is shared antenatal care working?

The RACGP has reignited the debate, warning that the experiences of many GPs is one of frustration about dismissive attitudes, poor communication and their patients