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    Tag: After hours

    $227 million window dressing? Govt to fund 29 more urgent care clinics in the Federal Budget

    May 13, 2024

    A $227 million pledge to fund 29 more urgent care clinics has increased GP concerns about how the universal bulk-billing clinics funded directly by taxpayers…

    My magical holiday: Patients, palpitations and a needle-happy sister-in-law

    April 8, 2024

    I was officially on holiday, having scheduled a mighty four days off to coincide with a short visit from my husband’s siblings and their respective spouses…

    Two GP after-hours providers merge in multimillion-dollar deal

    November 10, 2023

    A takeover deal has seen two of Australia’s after-hours providers join together with a combined GP workforce of around 400. GP-led DoctorSquare, which was formerly…

    After-hours visit

    Health department targets GPs over urgent after-hours MBS claims 

    December 7, 2022

    A nudge letter is on the way to GPs who frequently use urgent after-hours items, as part of a new Department of Health and Aged…

    Flying piggy bank

    Is the proposed urgent care model pie in the sky?

    August 31, 2022

    Labor’s capture of the Central Coast seat in the election this year has brought a new perspective on how to manage overcrowded EDs. It has…

    Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews

    Doctors slam plan for ‘lame duck’ urgent care GP clinics

    August 22, 2022

    The Victorian Government’s plan to pay five general practices to take on urgent patients may not even meet MBS criteria, warns Dr Mukesh Haikerwa…

    Phone

    Is it ever a good idea to give patients your mobile number?

    May 30, 2022

    Anxious patients â€” the so-called ‘worried well’ â€” are a notoriously difficult group to manage, especially after hours. These patients assume every cough is pneumonia, all chest…

    Dr Sara Renwick-Lau

    Local GPs lose $100,000 after-hours grant to corporate that ‘doesn’t do in-person consults’

    April 5, 2022

    Dr Sara Renwick-Lau says she is disappointed by the decision, which leaves the town of Mallacoota with no funding for GP after-hours cover.

    Doctor calls for period products to be supplied to hospital staff

    January 27, 2022

    UK intensivist Dr Rosie Baruah argues access to pads and tampons is a basic human necessity, adding doctors working anti-social hours are resorting…

    After-hours visit

    Medicare items: Make ‘after hours’ start at 6pm, says AMA

    January 13, 2022

    Higher rebates for home visits start earlier than for practice-based consults.

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    Medicare items: Make 'after hours' start at 6pm, says AMA

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