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Report

Patient-centred healthcare homes in Australia: towards successful implementation

In Australia we are faced with a complex health system with entrenched practices, multiple layers and stakeholders divided across Federal and State systems, which is also often hard to navigate for both patient and provider. The question we must address is how do we ensure...
Guide

e-Mental health: a guide for GPs

This guide is a practical, user-friendly reference that provides an introduction to the use of e-mental health interventions with suitable patients in the primary care setting. The guide provides links to key resources and takeway messages for practice.
Position paper

Vision for general practice and a sustainable healthcare system

This document outlines a model of care that aims to address many of Australia’s longstanding healthcare challenges. The strategy has been developed by specialist general practitioners (GPs) – the health professionals with the unique dual roles of providing whole-person care over time, and acting as...
Submission

Response to survey Closing the Gap agreement

The Royal Australian Colege of General Practitioners (RACGP) is using this opportunity to reinforce its earlier position on the direction of the Closing the Gap Strategy, and to voice their support for continued leadership from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak organisations.
Report

Social prescribing roundtable November 2019: report

This report outlines the arguments for a strategic and systematic approach to incorporating social prescribing into the Australian healthcare system, starting in primary care. The recommendations in this report have been synthesised and derived from expert discussions and reflect a shared desire to see a...
Position paper

A stronger primary health system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

This position statement provides an overview of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' (RACGP) commitment to a stronger primary care environment
Position paper

Support for increased investment in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations

This position statement outlines the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' (RACGP) support for the sustainability of this comprehensive model of healthcare.
Position paper

Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities

This position statement illustrates the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership in the health sector.
Position paper

Identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australian general practice

This position statement outlines the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' views on identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in general practice settings.
Position paper

Addressing social and cultural determinants in primary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

This position statement focuses on the effects of social and cultural issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, while recognising the benefits to all of a system-wide response.