The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has opened a public consultation on International harmonisation of ingredient names (IHIN) - Dual labelling transition to sole medicine ingredient names.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) says last night’s Federal Budget is a step forward for the Albanese Government’s election commitment to improve health outcomes for rural, remote, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. ACRRM President Dr Dan Halliday says this Federal Budget invests in rural and remote-specific healthcare solutions and helps to address the shortage of healthcare staff and resources.

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Public health emergency order (PHEO#22) has been issued by the Victorian Department of Health due to serious risk to public health resulting from floods in Victoria.

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We've made it our mission to give practice owners and managers a smarter way to purchase premium products and services by creating MedicMall. It's a dedicated one-stop online marketplace for quality products and services at very competitive prices...

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A Rural Generalist registrar who has provided dedicated care to the Queensland community of Palm Island is one of two recipients of the ACRRM-RDAA Rural Registrar of the Year Award 2022. Dr Regina Waterhouse was presented with the award at the Rural Medicine Australia (RMA22) conference dinner in Canberra on Friday night.

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A Rural Generalist doctor who has served the small community of Cummins, on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, for over 30 years has received the ACRRM-RDAA Peter Graham ‘Cohuna’ Award for 2022. Dr Gerard Quigley was presented with the award at the Rural Medicine Australia (RMA22) conference dinner in Canberra on Friday night.

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A Fijian doctor who has delivered dedicated medical care to the remote NSW community of Boggabri – in the face of a significant shortage of doctors there, as well as the pressures of the COVID pandemic, and even a record-breaking mouse plague – is one of two recipients of the ACRRM-RDAA Rural Registrar of the Year Award 2022.

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Dr Greg Coates who works in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, is the recipient of an Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) 2022 Honorary Fellowship Award for providing a significant contribution to ACRRM and the field of rural generalism.

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Dr John Urie from Bairnsdale, Victoria, is a recipient of an Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) 2022 Honorary Fellowship Award for providing a significant contribution to the field of rural generalism.

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Medical practitioners and registered nurses who are considering playing a formal role in the voluntary assisted dying (VAD) process can now access the Tasmanian Approved Voluntary Assisted Dying Training.

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The College has partnered with Macular Disease Foundation to provide a new online course that will introduce Rural Generalists and General Practitioners to two topics; age-related macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease. This will contribute towards greater GP knowledge of Macular Disease. 

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QLD members are invited to submit expressions of interest to join and actively participate in the Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) membership for the development of Maxillofacial Surgery CPC or Dermatology CPC.

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If there is someone who epitomises the remote in 'rural and remote medicine' it has to be Dr Patrick Owens, Royal Australian Navy Medical Officer.

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The Australian Society for Psychological Medicine (ASPM) has one more Focused Psychological Strategies Skill Training ‘Level 2’ series available in 2022. Delivered online by GP’s for GP’s.

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The Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care has invited the College to nominate a representative to contribute to the development of resources and messaging to alert rural and remote medicine practitioners of a sustained increase in community-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)...

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The hunt is on for GPs and nurses who want to make the change, one-day-a-week at a local high school. Victoria has 100 government secondary schools that benefit from the Doctors in Secondary Schools program, where students can access safe, quality health services.

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Intimate partner violence is the leading preventable contributor to death, disability and illness in women of reproductive age.

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The Coalition of Peaks met in August to progress its work in actioning the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. The Coalition is a representative body of over 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled peak organisations and members...

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Sexual violence affects all people, but it does not impact all people equally. Women living in rural areas are more likely to experience interpersonal violence, including sexual violence, than those living in urban settings. Find out more...

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Ahpra and the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) have accepted all 16 recommendations made by the independent review of medical practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery. Read more...

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