The country’s GPs and pharmacists favour keeping the possession of drugs illegal — but strongly support the removal of ...

Dr Anita Hutchison is supporting a pilot program that will train GPs to recognise the signs of domestic violence and child sexual abuse.

Health professionals and teachers want to do more to identify and help children and adults experiencing violence at home.

Contraception for mothers of newborn babies can often be overlooked amidst the focus on the health of the newborn baby and ...

Australia's leading GP training college, the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) welcomed 215 new fellows as specialist general practitioners at a ...

“There are hard-working people there who can only access medical care after hours, and also people with chronic disabilities who need 24/7 care and choose to live on the West Coast because of the ...

GP owners cannot effectively negotiate the terms on which they provide primary care. Instead the terms are agreed by Te Whatu Ora and PHOs, and are presented to GP owners as a "take it or leave it".

Available data suggest that general practitioners (GPs) in Germany use so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) modalities more frequently than GPs in many other countries. German researchers ...

In this qualitative study, primary care-based practitioners (GPs and physiotherapists) reported inherent biases which affected referrals, as well as time pressures. Targeted training, support for ...

(Mint) New Delhi: India’s top medical education regulator—the National ... The Registration of Medical Practitioners and Licence to Practice Medicine Regulations, 2023 mandates every ...

We describe the responsibilities when recruiting and managing staff deployed in first contact practitioner roles and the Additional ... determine how staff operate in general practice. GPs must be on ...

Northern Irish GPs have warned that changes to the Winter Fuel Payments will see pensioners having to chose between eating and heat as they expect to see a rise in respiratory problems.