This research describes patterns of uptake of Indigenous-specific health assessments and associated follow-up items, and examine the barriers and enablers to delivery and billing of follow-up over the first 3 years of implementation of the Indigenous Chronic Disease Package (ICDP).

This review examined the evidence of risks to patient safety in primary healthcare and the effectiveness of interventions to minimise risks. It found an increased risk of harm was associated with patient factors such as age or co-morbidities, and reduced risk was associated with being registered with a practice for a longer time and having...

This paper proposes a sustainable model of General Practice and primary health care at a time of significant primary health care reform and change. Within the context of the creation of Primary Health Networks (PHNs), the release of the National Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services report and the Reform of the Federation, and...

Despite promising to keep Medicare Locals, the Abbott Government abolished the fledgling organisations after it took office, writes John Thompson.

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013–2023 clearly articulates that effective, high quality primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people wherever and whenever they seek care is a national priority.