A number of international and domestic health factors suggest that 2022 will see increased prevalence of influenza than has been observed in the most recent COVID-19 impacted seasons.
There are important changes to the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) Clinical Guidelines when a woman has an intermediate risk result. Revised clinical guidelines recommend a second follow-up HPV test for women at intermediate risk...
Dr Paddy Glackin worked as an inner-city GP in London for 20 years before he decided to take the plunge and relocate to Esperance in the Goldfields region of Western Australia to work for WA Country Health Service (WACHS).
The Department of Health and the National COVID Vaccine Taskforce (NCVTF) take allegations of Medicare non-compliance very seriously. The NCVTF is actively monitoring all COVID-19 data, including exemptions...
Qld Health's Workers in a Healthcare Setting (COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements) Direction came into effect at 7.30pm AEST, 10 November. The Direction gives effect to the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee’s (AHPPC) recommendation for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all workers in healthcare settings...
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has advised of an update to the list of medicines that can be accessed under the Authorised Prescriber ‘Established history of use’ pathway.
The revised 2021 curriculum for Family Medicine residency in India includes dedicated Rural Generalist training components related to theory, practice, residency rotation, and career pathways...
The College has now completed its scheduled Australian Medical Council (AMC) Comprehensive Accreditation Assessment and awaits advice on outcomes. Over the next few months, the assessment reports will be tabled through the AMC’s committees structures, then to the Medical Board of Australia for final endorsement...
The College has registered strong concerns about a proposal to amend the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule so that only a psychiatrist or a geriatrician can initially prescribe antipsychotics as a pharmaceutical benefit for people in residential aged care...
ACRRM is pleased to announce two new appointments and two re-appointments to the College Council, endorsed at the Annual General Meeting on 27 October.
ACRRM is pleased to announce a new appointment, and a re-nominated member to the College Board, after the Board's endorsement at the Annual General Meeting on 27 October.
The College has been invited to nominate a representative to a Lung Learning Consortium which has been established by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Lung Foundation Australia...
President Dr Sarah Chalmers and immediate past President Dr Ewen McPhee joined their RDAA counterparts to give evidence at a hearing of the Senate Inquiry into the provision of General Practitioner and Related Primary Health Services to Outer Metropolitan, Rural, and Regional Australians.
The Department of Health and Healthdirect Australia are continuing to simplify the Vaccine Clinic Finder to help consumers access COVID-19 vaccines. On 28 October, following the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommendations, Healthdirect updated the Vaccine Clinic Finder to include...
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has released the first Australian clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of endometriosis.
Healthdirect Australia is working alongside ACRRM and other peak bodies, healthcare organisations and the Department of Health to further improve the quality and completeness of vaccine clinic and appointment data in the Vaccine Clinic Finder. Here is the latest update on recent enhancements.