ACN frontline members add their voices to the National Nursing Workforce Strategy

We explore the history of locum work in Australia and some of the benefits locum work can bring to your medical career.

Registrations are now open to attend the 2024 GP Practice Owners Conference, which will be hosted at the Cairns Convention Centre in Queensland on Friday 24 - Sunday 26 May 2024. This is a Practice Owners Masterclass connecting like-minded GP practice owners and managers from around Australia. The conference will feature engaging and insightful presentations on the future of practice ownership, finance tips and tricks, and case studies.

This Mirage News article looks at the Victorian Government’s Switch to Social Work initiative, including La Trobe University’s Master of Social Work (Child and Family Practice) degree - a 2-year earn-and-learn program, allowing students to undertake employment as a paid intern at a community services organisation while they study.

In this PS News article, the call for long-term structural investment into preventative health initiatives continues. The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) and The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) have called on the government to prioritise health equity and prevention, as part of its national health reform agenda. Strengthening rural GP services, multidisciplinary care, social prescribing, outreach programs and clear ‘pipelines’ of funding, are some of the recommendations.