Is the $450 million GP enrolment scheme dead in the water?

Analysis: GPs are due to start registering patients in two weeks but it is still not clear if the scheme is going ahead
Geir O'Rourke
Greg Hunt
Minister for Health Greg Hunt.

The Federal Government’s enrolment scheme for GP patients – sold as a landmark health reform – appears to have been canned amid suggestions it has been rendered redundant as a result of the new Medicare telehealth items.

Due to start on July 1, it’s been billed by ministers as a major investment in chronic disease management funding flexible, non-face-to-face, GP care.