GP blames ‘discriminatory’ accreditation standards after losing $120,000 in funding
The practice's work is 85-90% skin cancer related, explains owner Dr Vin Rajeswaran.
A GP whose practice failed accreditation because 85% of its work was skin cancer related has lambasted the RACGP’s definition of a general practice as “discriminatory”.
Practice owner Dr Vin Rajeswaran said his clinic lost access to $120,000 in annual Practice Incentive Program (PIP) payments and could no longer take on GP registrars or medical students after failing its accreditation assessment earlier this year.
He said his practice in Cairns passed every standard except one.
Under the RACGP standards, more than 50% of services provided by a clinic’s GPs must meet the college’s definition of general practice: “comprehensive, co-ordinated and continuing medical care”.
