GP Network News
GP Network News is a weekly publication for general practitioners designed to keep them up to date on developments affecting their profession.
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New BEACH publications
27 Mar 2014
The BEACH program released two new publications this month. Management rates of sexually transmissible infections by Australian general practitioners, 2000-12... -
Veterans' Mates: Chronic musculoskeletal pain
27 Mar 2014
The AMA advises GPs that the Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Veterans' MATES project team have recently released the thirty-eighth module for the... -
Situation updates for MERS-CoV and Avian Influenza – 20 March 2014
27 Mar 2014
The rate of new cases in China of the Avian Influenza A(H7N9) has slowed further with six cases reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) since 6 March.... -
Private health role in General Practice must be targeted and limited
20 Mar 2014
The AMA today released its new Position Statement on Private Health Insurance and Primary Care Services 2014.AMA President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said that the... -
AMA President addresses International Primary Health Care Reform Conference
20 Mar 2014
Dr Steve Hambleton, AMA President, this week spoke at the International Primary Health Care Reform Conference on the topic of driving quality primary care. He... -
Keeping the wolf from the door
20 Mar 2014
With the flu season beginning this month, Dr Brian Morton, Chair of the AMA Council of General Practice, writes in Australian Medicine about the challenge of... -
Government ponders major change in GP funding
20 Mar 2014
This week’s Australian Medicine contains an interesting article on the current political discussions around GP funding, examining the relative merits of... -
MJA – Confronting Infection
20 Mar 2014
The Medical Journal of Australia this week examines infection, including drug-resistant tuberculosis; treatment and prevention of Buruli ulcer; the Clostridium... -
GP visits a good source of information on adverse vaccination events
20 Mar 2014
A GP consultation the day after vaccination is a reasonable proxy for early reactogenicity, a recent study published in Vaccine has found. Researchers from the... -
Live Webinar – supporting a young woman navigating a variety of mental health services
20 Mar 2014
GPs may be interested in the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN) webinar to be conducted next Tuesday evening, 25 March 2014, titled Principles for...
