Perspectives

Australia owes a debt to its IMGs; we need to improve how we manage the transition of an immigrant doctor to Australian practice

Neville D Yeomans · Ayaz Chowdhury · Alan Roberts

The Australian and New Zealand living stroke management guidelines provide timely, evidence-based updates to recommendations

Coralie English · Kelvin Hill · Dominique A Cadilhac · Maree L Hackett · Natasha A Lannin · Sandy Middleton · Annemarei Ranta · Nigel P Stocks · Julie Davey · Steven G Faux · Erin Godecke · Bruce CV Campbell

Supporting improved general practice is urgent, and quality improvement collaboratives are an effective Australian strategy

Andrew W Knight · John Fraser · C Dimity Pond

The continuation of chronic disease management in primary care remains essential during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anne Parkinson · Sethunya Matenge · Jane Desborough · Sally Hall Dykgraaf · Lauren Ball · Michael Wright · Elizabeth A Sturgiss · Michael Kidd

Colchicine is an inexpensive new treatment for coronary heart disease that is both safe and effective in select patients

Stefan M Nidorf · Jamie Layland · Philip C Robinson · Sanjay Patel · Peter J Psaltis · Peter L Thompson

Australia needs better data on health inequities to support building back fairer from the pandemic

Joanne Flavel · Martin McKee · Toby Freeman · Connie Musolino · Helen Eyk · Fisaha H Tesfay · Fran Baum

Health authorities need to develop a nationally consistent, sensible, ethical and jurisdictionally feasible process for disposal of educational human bone sets

Jonathan Coman · Simon S Craig · Anne‐Maree Kelly

COVID-19 has challenged and tested Australian general practice while reinforcing its centrality and potential

Claire L Jackson

Nations need to come together to plan and execute urgent actions to break through the obstacles to sharing essential intellectual property

Martin Hensher · Sithara Wanni Arachchige Dona

The NORDR is designed to protect workers and prevent occupational respiratory disease but will require widespread stakeholder engagement and interaction to succeed

Ryan F Hoy · Fraser J Brims

A precision medicine approach to asthma places the patient at the centre of their care

Vanessa M McDonald · Peter G Gibson

Lung cancer treatments and outcomes are changing, but survival remains a challenge

Fraser J Brims · Annette McWilliams · Susan V Harden · Ken O'Byrne

Information from trusted influential messengers that is clear and consistent might be successful in addressing patients’ beliefs in health-related conspiracy theories

Mathew D Marques · Karen M Douglas · Daniel Jolley

There is a lack of data relating to all-cause concussion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Jonathan Bullen · Trish Hill‐Wall · Elizabeth Thomas · Richard Norman · Gill Cowen

Broader use of clinical quality registry infrastructure will enhance research- driven improvements in health care

Susannah Ahern · Belinda J Gabbe · Sally Green · Carol L Hodgson · Erica M Wood · John R Zalcberg OAM · Tsharni Zazryn

Australia to take a world-first step towards offering preventive DNA screening through the public health care system

For the DNA Screen Investigator Group†

A combination of targeted vaccinations and COVID-19 public health measures has led to reduced rates of invasive meningococcal disease and influenza

CR Robert George · Robert Booy · Michael D Nissen · Monica M Lahra

Recent legal changes are negatively affecting provision of timely medical care to Australian transgender youth

Fiona Kelly · Simona Giordano · Michelle M Telfer · Ken C Pang

Religious LGBTQA+ conversion practices cause significant mental health harms. The health sector needs to recognise, support and respect survivors in ways that are affirming of sexual and gender diversity.

Jennifer Power · Timothy W Jones · Tiffany Jones · Nathan Despott · Maria Pallotta‐Chiarolli · Joel Anderson

Australia lacks a comprehensive approach to CMV screening, and most infected infants go undiagnosed

Allison Reid · Asha C Bowen · Christopher G Brennan‐Jones · Jafri B Kuthubutheen

Predicted reintroduction of influenza into Australia as COVID-19 restrictions lift provides a unique opportunity to learn important lessons

Evelyne Leeuw · Aryati Yashadhana · Danielle Hitch

The general practitioner supervisor is a key element of the apprenticeship model, ensuring the development of a strong and capable GP workforce

Gerard Ingham · Caroline Johnson

Aducanumab, a controversial Alzheimer disease therapeutic with questionable efficacy, is under Therapeutic Goods Administration review

Andrew Gleason · Scott Ayton · Ashley I Bush

Smarter measures for general medicine are needed to improve hospital access

Harvey H Newnham

Clinicians, the experts in care delivery, are well placed to drive health system improvements

Sabe Sabesan · Lynden Roberts