This report sheds light on a pressing crisis in New Zealand's healthcare system – a decline in the General Practitioner (GP) workforce that threatens the health of New Zealanders.

Early detection of bowel and breast cancer greatly increase survival rates. However, participation rates in Australia’s national bowel and breast cancer screening programs are low. In addition, Australia’s screening programs are population-based and mostly do not target patients considered to be at higher risk.

The emergence of antimicrobial resistant infections poses one of the most significant health threats of our time. Given that 80% of antibiotics are consumed within primary care, the authors of this paper argue that embracing the concept of antimicrobial stewardship in primary care will play an important role in improving the appropriate use of antibiotics...

This audit of the Community Health and Hospitals Program (CHHP), designed to provide assurance to the Parliament regarding the effectiveness of CHHP administration, finds that the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care’s administration of CHHP was ineffective and fell short of ethical requirements.

This paper argues that there is a need to increase the involvement of Australian general practitioners (GPs) working in private practice to realise the potential of direct-acting antiviral treatments for people with the hepatitis C virus.