Let GPs provide hospital-in-the-home care, says college
Chemotherapy and post-acute cardiac care can be safely delivered at home, freeing up hospital beds
27th November 2019
Private health insurance should pay for GPs to treat cancer patients, dress wounds or provide post-cardiac care in patients’ homes, says the RACGP.
The Federal Government is attempting to shore up the health insurance industry, which critics say is in a death spiral resulting from increasing hospital costs and a diminishing number of policy holders.
This week, Minister for Health Greg Hunt revealed plans to “revolutionise” hospital-in-the-home arrangements by allowing health funds to cover specialist care — such as mental health and orthopaedics — beyond the hospital