Australia's General Practice: Health of the Nation 2021

Summary

The General Practice: Health of the Nation report gives a unique overview of Australian general practice. The report reflects the experience of more than 1300 RACGP Fellows from across Australia, and incorporates information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Medicare, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and various government publications.

The report provides information at a specific point in time and identifies longer-term trends across the general practice sector.

The 2021 Health of the Nation report also highlights a number of critical issues affecting GPs and their patients, including:

• treatment of multimorbidities in general practice
• the increasing mental health burden on general practice
• restrictions to GP involvement in aged care
• barriers to the use of video telehealth services
• the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.