Payments for treating ‘frequent flyers’ should have started in August. Where are they?
It has been 17 months since the Federal Government’s patient enrolment scheme opened. More than 6000 GP practices and around two million patients are now…
Rachel Carter
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
GPs push back after out-of-town corporate picked to run urgent care clinic
GPs say a corporate without an established practice in their town was chosen to run an urgent care clinic despite “well-established local practices” meeting the…
Federal Government will push for nationally-consistent ADHD prescribing rules
The Albanese Government will pursue nationally-consistent ADHD prescribing rules but has equivocated on 14 other recommendations from last year’s Senate report on ADHD assessment and…
Remove medicinal cannabis from Special Access Scheme, doctors tell TGA
Queensland doctors and pharmacists want medicinal cannabis removed from the special access scheme, saying the pathway is being used to bypass TGA assessment. AMA Queensland…
Get consent for every consult with an AI scribe to comply with state surveillance laws, says MDO
A medical defence organisation is advising GPs to obtain consent every time they use an AI scribe to take consultation notes, even for repeat patients.…
GPs want to do more for family violence patients but lack support, experts say
GPs want to help patients who are victims of family violence but can struggle with uncertainty about what to do, a GP expert says. Dr…
What happens when a State Government arrives to bail out a collapsing practice? A GP explains
The Tasmanian Government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over five months to save struggling GP practices, according to documents released to AusDoc. An FOI…
Dr Nicole Higgins: ‘Scope of Practice Review kept me awake at night’
Dr Nicole Higgins says that the first draft of the Scope of Practice Review, which hinted that nurses and pharmacists should get access to GP-level Medicare…
Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative
Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout. The former…
From foster care and med school rejection to intern: Dr Taylor Glover’s story
Dr Taylor Glover was 11 when her home life fell apart. “Growing up, there was drug abuse, alcohol abuse and violence,” she says. “When Mum…
