GPs are abandoning bulk-billing, walking away from a system that has underfunded the work we’ve done for generations.

I don’t object to what is happening. But for some of us it is not so simple, because we can’t walk away.

I want to explain why, although I’m sure you are familiar with the narrative.

Last year, I approached my doctors and asked for an extra 1% management fee to cover the rising cost of running our three general practices in south-west Sydney.