Leading GP takes on fight for practice nurse flu vax item
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A leading GP has taken on the fight to allow practice nurses to administer flu vaccines without a doctor needing to be present after the RACGP failed to negotiate a new Medicare item for the service.
Sydney GP Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe has set up a public petition urging the Federal Government to rethink its stance on letting practice nurses administer the immunisation on behalf of GPs.