GP ‘super group’ calls for national database of doctors’ credentials
It says the current paperwork needed to verify qualifications is putting doctors off locum jobs involving hospital work
Australia’s GP supergroup has asked the Federal Government to create a national database of doctors’ credentials — a move it says will cut red tape when doctors switch jobs.
The request followed a meeting last month of the National Council of Primary Care Doctors, the recently relaunched peak body for GP organisations like the RACGP and the AMA.
It says GPs are being put off from taking locum positions and jobs involving hospital work because of duplications in the process used by hospitals to verify their qualifications, experience and skills.
Separate to the job application, credentialing is repeated for every hospital district, although requirements for references and documentation vary, says the council’s secretary, Peta Rutherford.
