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Rural Australians want cheaper medicines – but they don’t want their pharmacies to close

New 60-day prescription model came into effect on 1 September, and country pharmacists say they don’t know how they’ll survive the change

The Guardian - AU

Woolworths’ free naturopath consultations raise concerns among peak health bodies

Exclusive: experts fear the cost-of-living crisis is forcing people to forgo evidence-based healthcare

The Guardian - AU

'Waste and costs' to be cut in health system

The Hunter has not been immune from the health system's troubles.

Newcastle Herald

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Overseas-trained doctors could be fast-tracked to work as Australia’s staff shortage projected to swell

Peak body for GPs will consider simplifying assessments that compare skills of foreign doctors to local ones

The Guardian - AU

Doctors wasting too much time on bureaucratic red rape

Doctors waste too much time with non-standardised templates, naming specialists in referrals, and outdated data-sharing, according to the RACGP.

The New Daily

UTI trial the latest front in 'turf war' between Pharmacy Guild and peak GP group

A Queensland pilot allowing pharmacists to prescribe antibiotics for UTIs was popular with patients, but the peak body for GPs has serious concerns with the program and it's opened up a new front in their turf war with pharmacists.

ABC News

Qld GPs reject 'safe and effective' pharmacy trial

Queensland doctors continue to campaign against a pharmacy program that offers "safe and effective care" for urinary tract infections.

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'War on drugs' must end as opioid deaths mount, GPs say

'Many of these deaths occurred in the home.'

Newcastle Herald

Not a single vaping product containing nicotine has TGA approval

Currently, there is not a single vaping product containing nicotine approved by Australia's drug regulator, meaning that these medicines have not been tested for quality and safety.

ABC News

Major PBS shake-up will allow Australians to purchase more medicine for less

The cost of hundreds of medicines will be halved for millions of Australians with chronic illness, who will be able to buy 60 days' worth of medicine for the price of a single prescription from September.

ABC News

Pharmacists say clinics could close with proposed double dispensing prescriptions

Pharmacists say proposed changes to the way medicines are dispensed could leave regional patients without access to life-saving drugs.

ABC News

Call to put patients before profits in budget measures

Two peak medical bodies are at odds over solutions to soaring medicine expenses and a burdened health system, with patient well-being caught in the crossfire.

AAP

Extended prescriptions reforms a ‘no brainer’, but not a silver bullet

Doctors pushing for reforms could mean patients get extended prescription, to aid the cost of living crisis and healthcare crisis.

The New Daily

Longer scripts will make GP visits cheaper: Doctors

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has put forward its budget requests to the federal government, saying reform could save money and time.

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Longer scripts will make GP visits cheaper: doctors

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has put forward its budget requests to the federal government, saying reform could save money and time.

The Guardian - AU

Australian teenagers urge government to help them break vaping addiction

Submissions to the TGA include comments from 13-19-year-olds who want restrictions in place to help them with nicotine addiction

AAP

GP advice can help you quit, not vapes: doctors

Doctors have joined the call for stricter e-cigarette regulations amid concerns Australia's successful smoking cessation efforts are being thwarted.

The Canberra Times

Closure of trans-friendly GP shines spotlight on ACT healthcare options

"I was treated with sensitivity ... unfortunately for a lot of transgender, diverse and non-binary people, and intersex people, it's not the norm."

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The New Daily

Calls to boost overseas doctor numbers in Australia

The body representing GPs is calling on the government to make it easier for international medical graduates to work in Australia to fill doctor shortages.

AAP

Victoria won't follow Qld on pill-testing site trial

Premier Daniel Andrews has ruled out Victoria embarking on a pill-testing trial after Queensland flagged plans to roll out a site within the next six months.

AAP

GPs back Queensland plan to offer illicit pill testing

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has backed the Queensland government's plan to roll out illicit pill testing to minimise harm to users.

The Independent UK

Coping with concussions: long road to recovery for some

Vivienne Gray doesn’t fit the same profile as former or current professional athletes forced to live with the ongoing effects of concussions

ABC News

Submissions to Senate sports concussion inquiry call for more funding, research and education and consistent guidelines

Submissions to a Senate inquiry into concussions in contact sports urge consistent guidelines and definitions of concussion, and action on investment in research, better education and support for players, and a public registry for those affected.

ABC News

Australia-first trial to retain GPs in rural areas will see them employed directly by state government

Tasmania will be the first in the country to trial a new $13 million statewide rural GP training model in the latest attempt to help combat widespread doctors shortages and GP clinic closures.

ABC News

Medical abortions still hard to access in Wagga Wagga, GPs say, due to 'culture of silence'

Women rely on "word of mouth" to access medical abortions in New South Wales' largest inland city and sometimes they're too late, according to these GPs.

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