‘Start of a disaster’: How a line on a map is sending a GP clinic broke

A GP says her clinic is facing bankruptcy after being declared 'metropolitan' by health officials
Lydia Hales
Dr Hennie van der Walt and Dr Hannah Vorster
Dr Hennie van der Walt and Dr Hannah Vorster are directors of Pinjarra Doctors

A GP says her once-profitable clinic is facing bankruptcy after an adjustment to a government map led to restrictions on recruitment and funding cuts.

Dr Hannah Vorster is one of 7000 GPs who saw their rebates from bulk-bulling incentives fall by one-third in January, under changes to the Department of Health’s rural classification system.