The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has welcomed the announcement by The Hon Greg Hunt MP for ACRRM to be the lead general practice training organisation responsible for the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) pathway from January 2022.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has welcomed the announcement by the Hon Greg Hunt MP, that funding will be provided to enable the College to work in partnership with the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and CRANAplus to develop and deliver a range of resources to support and educate rural and remote health practitioners and their patients about the rescheduling of codeine.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has today welcomed the news of Prof Paul Worley's appointment as the first National Rural Health Commissioner.

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The Awards Ceremony, held at the Rural Medicine Australia Conference in Melbourne, saw eight rural doctors awarded prizes from College in honour of their service to the profession.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has today voiced its support for marriage equality, reaffirming diversity and inclusion statements from current College policy.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the opportunity to acknowledge NAIDOC Week, a significant annual event that celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) have strongly welcomed agreement by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) to start afresh on the development of an important Framework that will guide future maternity care policy in Australia.

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The significant impact that climate change is already having on rural and remote communities, and particularly the health and mental health of those who live there, will be one of three key program streams at the peak Rural Medicine Australia (RMA17) conference, to be held from 19-21 October 2017 in Melbourne.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine today welcomes news of the passing of the National Rural Health Commissioner Bill, which progressed through the Senate yesterday.

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Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity – Hippocrates

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the release of the Second Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, which provides an important reminder of the need to focus attention on the populations with the most to gain in terms of improvements to health services and practice - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and other people who live in rural and remote Australia.

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The Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges today signed a partnership agreement with the Australian Government to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies and service providers to reduce the current gap in health outcomes and life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

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Exciting keynote speakers have been confirmed for the upcoming Rural Medicine Australia 2017 Conference (RMA17), which will be held in Melbourne in October.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the opportunity to acknowledge Sorry Day, a significant day for all Australians to recognise the past wrongs inflicted upon our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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World Family Doctor Day is celebrated on 19 May each year. This is the day on which the central role that family doctors play in delivering personal, comprehensive and continuing health care for their patients is acknowledged and contributions of family doctors are celebrated. It is an important date in the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) calendar.

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In an effort to promote strategic partnerships, and mobilise collective action, RANZCOG has launched the Big Mother’s Day campaign as a springboard initiative to developing solutions and building partnerships to help Close the Gap in Indigenous Health.

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This is the first year that the selection process for the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program will be college-led, with candidates now able to apply to their preferred training college.

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South Australian GP, and Fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, Dr Kate Kloza, is using International Women’s Day (8 March) to call on female doctors to consider a career as a rural GP.

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The Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine welcomes the announcement today that the Health Insurance Amendment (National Rural Health Commissioner) Bill 2017 has been introduced into parliament by the Hon. Dr David Gillespie, MP, Assistant Minister for Health. This bill establishes the role of a National Rural Health Commissioner.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (the College) has welcomed today’s landmark announcement by the Commonwealth Government that the College is selecting its own trainees for the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) scheme.

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