GPs slam end of Healthy Kids Check
20th October 2015
The imminent abolition of Healthy Kids Check on 1 November is an unwarranted and retrograde step for preventive health, GP academics say.
Health Minister Sussan Ley’s decision to scrap the $137.90 MBS item cannot be justified by alleged lack of evidence of benefits for children or duplication with state-funded child health services, according to Dr Karyn Alexander and Professor Danielle Mazza of the department of general practice at Monash University, Melbourne.