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Content last updated 22/09/2023

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Indigenous status identification information and resources for general practice staff

Identifying the Indigenous status of people accessing health services improves national health and welfare data and helps ‘close the gap’ in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. It also helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people access Indigenous-specific health me...

Updated QLD Health clinical guidelines for COVID-19 therapies

The COVID-19 Therapeutics Working Group recently completed a series of updates which we encourage all clinicians to review. A reminder that from 1 November 2022, eligibility for COVID-19 oral treatments has been widened so that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, aged 30 years or over, wil...

Closing the Gap PBS co-payment program changes

New resources are available for GPs about the changes to the Closing the Gap (CTG) PBS Co-payment program due to take effect on 1st July 2021. Some of the changes being implemented are: Any PBS prescriber can register eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for the Program if they a...

Updated ATAGI advice on administering seasonal influenza vaccines in 2021

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has issued updated advice on the relative timing of administering influenza and COVID-19 vaccines in 2021.   The preferred minimum interval between a dose of influenza vaccine and a dose of either Pfizer/BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccine ...