Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) clients face significant challenges in prioritising oral health due to addiction-related issues, unstable living conditions, lack of motivation and dental anxiety. Clinicians from both OTPs and oral health services identify inadequate support systems and competing priorities as key barriers to care. To address these, proposed strategies include holistic care integration, targeted education and flexible scheduling, all aimed at improving oral healthcare access and outcomes for OTP clients.

Limited knowledge exists about the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who have received physiotherapy care. This study offers insights into the lived experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples receiving care in the community and provides recommendations that may assist physiotherapists, alongside other community-based health professionals, to provide culturally safe care. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples emphasised the significance of communication, respect for cultural identity, creating culturally safe environments, and the role of professional training in providing culturally safe physiotherapy care.

The use of data-driven quality improvement (QI) activities is increasingly being used in healthcare globally. This study delves into the implementation and impact of a year-long QI intervention, shedding light on barriers and enablers in improving care for coronary heart disease patients. These findings emphasise the need for collaborative approaches and highlight the potential of technology-driven solutions in enhancing patient outcomes and shaping the future of healthcare improvement initiatives.

Informal caregivers are an essential aspect of Australia’s health and social care systems, yet research has found them unsupported with greater risk of negative health outcomes. This study found an association between increased use of GPs and reduced hospitalisation risk in caregivers. This finding is important, because supporting caregivers to maintain their caring role has the potential to reduce demand of health services. Increasing caregivers’ engagement with GPs may be a cost-effective way of reducing healthcare system costs that requires further examination.