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Lynnette Hoffman
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GPs want the College to lobby harder, survey finds

College claims they are upping the ante, but GPs want a more aggressive advocate in Canberra...

By Lynnette Hoffman
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Sophia Auld
  • Clinical Articles

New CPD onerous and stressful for many, survey shows

More than one in 10 GPs have yet to complete the CPD requirements for 2023, Healthed’s first survey of 2024 has found...

By Sophia Auld
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Healthed
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What do GPs want from the College in 2024?

We asked GPs what they think should be the College’s highest priority for 2024. More than 1000 GPs submitted written responses...

By Healthed
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Lynnette Hoffman
  • Clinical Articles

ADHD survey: most GPs unlikely to manage more ADHD patients

While most favour expanding GPs’ powers to formally diagnose ADHD, at least for those with special training, the majority of GPs wouldn’t choose to diagnose or treat more of these patients, a Healthed survey of more than 1300 doctors has found.

By Lynnette Hoffman
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Healthed
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Was WONCA worth it?

The event was undoubtedly successful, but a significant number of GPs question its relevance to the urgent existential challenges that many in the profession are currently facing. This might explain why Healthed’s most recent survey of 1847 frontline GPs found that just 49 had attended the WONCA conference.

By Healthed
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Lynnette Hoffman
  • Clinical Articles

GPs predict MyMedicare flop

Most practices say they will register, but so far few patients are signing up...

By Lynnette Hoffman
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Healthed
  • Clinical Articles

GPs weigh in on school smart phone bans

Concerns include risk taking behaviour, mental wellbeing, academic decline...

By Healthed
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Healthed
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Racism a common experience for IMGs – Survey

Copping it from patients is bad enough, but should we accept it from our peers? It seems we often do…

By Healthed
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Dr Sanjiva Wijesinha
  • Clinical Articles

Is the profession prejudiced against IMGs?

I was taken aback to see an advertisement recently, in no less a publication than the Canberra Times, for a medical practitioner to join a GP clinic in rural Queensland. Nothing unusual in that, I can almost hear you saying.

By Dr Sanjiva Wijesinha
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Clinical A/Prof Pradeep Jayasuriya
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Bulk-billing incentives: it’s a trap

We’re being told it’s a big win, but the real aim is to frame GPs for the failure of Medicare

By Clinical A/Prof Pradeep Jayasuriya
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Lynnette Hoffman
  • Clinical Articles

Breath test for lactose intolerance still overused

Dietitian says the evidence for lactose breath testing doesn’t stack up, but many are still recommending it

By Lynnette Hoffman
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Ben Falkenmire
  • Clinical Articles

Video game addiction a major issue

Warning signs include sleep problems, difficulty completing homework and social isolation

By Ben Falkenmire

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