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The Medical Director of the ICGP said GPs are facing a serious workforce shortage.

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ACT Party's media statement on alternative budget funding for primary care

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Ultrasonography has become better and more accessible for GPs over the last decade, but will it become mainstream in Irish general practice? asks Dr

A research study shows that even small increases in physical exercise can lower the risk of premature death

When corona patients themselves measure the oxygen level in their blood at home, this is well applicable through the general practice.

Background and objective General practitioners (GPs) are encouraged to discuss advance care planning (ACP) as part of routine care of older adults, but initiating these conversations can be difficult. The aim of this study was to explore GPs’ perspectives on current ACP practice in New South Wales, Australia, and on an existing ACP conversation guide. Methods Three focus groups were held as part of an existing initiative, ‘Ask, Share, Know: Rapid Evidence for General Practice Decisions’. D...

Objective: This article reports on research undertaken to develop self-report disability questions for a patient registration form that may be implemented in general practices across Australia as part of a voluntary patient registration program. Methods: There were four research components: rapid review of approaches for capturing disability information; expert informant interviews (n=19); stakeholder consultation via virtual focus groups (n=65); and online survey (n=35). Findings from each comp...

Background: The Effectiveness of Quality Incentive Payments in General Practice (EQuIP-GP) study investigated whether targeted financial incentives promoting access to a preferred general practitioner, post-hospitalisation follow-up and longer consultations, increase patient-perceived relational continuity in primary care. Secondary outcomes included the use of medicines. Objective: To evaluate whether introducing a general practice-level service model incorporating enrolment and continuous and ...