Dear Mr Butler,

After one year and more than 1100 submissions, the long painful exercise known as the Scope of Practice Review is set to deliver its final report next month.

Based on the two issues papers released so far, GPs have every reason to be fearful.

Suggestions include gifting nurses and pharmacists GP-level Medicare rebates, MBS funding allied health referrals direct to specialists and “cashing out” GP incentive programs to pay for multidisciplinary care.