‘$12 per patient to fund the clinic’: GP tells Q+A why general practice is collapsing
Dr Preeya Alexander said she was lucky that she worked as an author and podcaster as well as a GP.
Last night, GP registrar Dr Shruti Yardi asked the panelists on the ABC’s Q+A why she should work in general practice.
The panelists included Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler, who no doubted wanted to hear the answer, given his current grapples with the GP crisis.
But it was left to Dr Preeya Alexander to explain one of the reasons the question was even being asked.
A GP in Melbourne, her response was to break down for the viewers at home a bulk-billed standard consult for a non-concessional patient.
