Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2025
Obesity management needs medications on PBS: RACGP
4 March 2025 - The college’s new obesity position statement calls for extra funding to treat the complex condition and for care to be made affordable for more patients.
Increased government funding for longer GP consultations, and subsidies to make weight loss tools such as medication and bariatric surgery more affordable, are among recommendations in the RACGP’s new position statement on obesity prevention management.
