‘You can’t just say, trust us, we’re doctors’: Why Professor Hickie won’t back down on GP attack
He says the age of generalism, of non-specific payments for GPs to do something unspecified, is dead
It is safe to say Professor Ian Hickie doesn’t shy away from provoking GPs.
So, maybe this article needs a warning sticker.
His view, a view he has held for a long time, is that GPs are failing to adequately monitor outcomes for patients with mental illness.
It is partly based on MBS data: his observation of the numerical disparities between the claims for mental care plans and the claims for reviewing them.
