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Why GPs want to move on from ‘dingy’ baby health books

RACGP Queensland chair Dr Cathryn Hester says GPs feel 'caught in the distant past'.
Sarah Simpkins
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2 December 2023
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Dr Cathryn Hester.

They are treasured by parents, but a leading GP has described baby health books as dingy, outdated and in need of a digital upgrade.  

Newly elected RACGP Queensland chair Dr Cathryn Hester wants to move from the longstanding paper books to an online version that can be easily shared with other health professionals.  

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