Special-interest GPs help reduce wait times
Over a year, the doctors provided an extra 3500 episodes of care
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GPs with special interests are being sold as part of the solution to public hospital system wait lists following the results of a year-long trial.
Some 24 GPs were brought in part-time to run outpatient clinical sessions for the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service in Queensland between January and December last year.