Govt scraps red-tape payments to GPs for bowel screening alerts
The Federal Government is scrapping payments for doctors to complete the paper forms notifying the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program of follow-up for patients returning positive faecal occult blood tests after screening.
The $7.70 fee for completing the ‘GP Assessment Form’ ends next year pending an IT update to the bowel screening register when notifications can be made through GP software.