Geir O'Rourke

Geir O'Rourke

Geir is the political news editor at Australian Doctor.

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Australian Doctor News

The failure to fund dressings is the MBS wound that never heals

18th February 2021
There is literally no money in treating chronic wounds for Dr Michelle Barrett, but it's an area of her clinical care that…
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Australian Doctor News

MBS Taskforce demands end to specialist 'initial consult' rort

16th February 2021
The ‘initial consult’ specialist rort is a step closer to becoming history under proposed reforms endorsed by the MBS Review…
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Consultation
Australian Doctor News

Health official defends excluding unaccredited GP practices from vaccine rollout

15th February 2021
Unaccredited GP practices could be allowed to administer COVID-19 vaccinations but were excluded from the initial phases of…
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Dr Lucas de Toca
Australian Doctor News

Three-hour mandatory COVID-19 vaccine training 'wastes GP time', says RACGP

9th February 2021
The mandatory training course for GPs to administer COVID-19 vaccinations is a “time sink” full of irrelevant detail and…
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Dr Karen Price
Australian Doctor News

Most GPs will not be classed as priority healthcare workers for Pfizer vaccine

8th February 2021
GPs will not be given automatic priority access to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as part of the initial rollout to healthcare…
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Professor Michael Kidd
Australian Doctor News

Medibank buys $63m stake in GP corporate

5th February 2021
Medibank has bought a $63 million stake in one of Australia’s biggest GP corporates — but has promised its doctors they will…
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Dr Andrew Wilson of Medibank
Medical Observer Opinion

Can general practice pull off the coronavirus vaccine rollout?

4th February 2021
Vaccinating millions of Australians against COVID-19 in the coming months will be laborious, expensive and a significant…
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