Rural and regional general practices are invited to apply for grants to build facilities which will enable them to take on more GP trainees and  registrars. [ + ]

Renal physician and hypertension specialist Professor Markus Schlaich has been appointed inaugural Dobney Chair in Clinical Research, a position co-funded by UWA, Royal Perth Hospital and the Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation. [ + ]

Health Minister Peter Dutton has launched new print and web-based resources targeting people with a high risk of suffering from diabetes. [ + ]

The Fifth National Report of the Australian and New Zealand Audits of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) has been released by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). [ + ]

Preliminary research involving a questionnaire of over 270 childhood cancer survivors will be a leading topic when the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia get together for their Annual Scientific Meeting. [ + ]

South Australian in-home healthcare service provider, Home Support Services (HSS) is celebrating its 25th anniversary of providing care. [ + ]

An article in the ANZ Journal of Surgery published for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has called for more anatomy education in medical degrees. [ + ]

For the third consecutive year more rural medical graduates than ever before took their professional oath at The University of Western Australia. [ + ]

Infection prevention and control efforts in Australia are having a positive impact on patient outcomes and should be embraced even further. [ + ]

The next phase of the NPS MedicineWise Reducing Antibiotic Resistance program for health professionals focuses on the complex topic of managing urinary tract infections (UTIs). [ + ]

Plans to establish a joint therapeutic products regulator between Australia and New Zealand have ceased. [ + ]

Registered nurses and physiotherapists wanting to study the Graduate Certificate in Continence Promotion and Management are invited to apply for a fee-paying scholarship before December 12. [ + ]

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association's (AHHA) academic journal will publish findings of research on the Federal Government’s recent Budget proposal to introduce a $7 co?payment for doctor visits, pathology tests and diagnostic imaging will effect disadvantaged and vulnerable Australians. [ + ]

With more Victorians dying each year from prescription drug overdoses than on the state's roads, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Victorian Branch has welcomed the Victorian Coalition’s pledge to develop a real-time prescription monitoring service. [ + ]

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital's new 73-bed mental health centre has been named the Professor Marie Bashir Centre. [ + ]