A GP guide to hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Need to know: The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of 14 heritable connective tissue disorders (HCTDs).1 Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), previously known as type…
Tag: Allied health
Coroner alarmed after NHS physician associate misdiagnoses femoral hernia as nosebleed
A UK coroner has issued warnings over physician associates’ scope of practice and supervision requirements after a patient’s fatal misdiagnosis. Patient Pamela Marking, 77, attended…
Smartphone-supported CGM a diabetes game changer
Pat is a 56-year-old accountant and avid horse rider who has type 1 diabetes. She self-presents to a local diabetes education clinic after years of…
Health professionals are also the victims when pushed beyond their scope of practice
Do you sometimes imagine that you are trapped in a submarine, in the darkest depths of the ocean, under the pressure of tons of seawater? …
Helping to close the loop on glycaemic control
Kaye is a 60-year-old woman with a highly demanding job as a CEO. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 54 and started…
Allied health referring to specialists will ‘blow out the budget, like the NDIS’
The Federal Government’s Scope of Practice Review says letting dietitians refer directly to gastroenterologists and midwives refer to psychiatrists will save patients money from “arbitrary”…
Breaking news: Federal Government shelves its MBS care plan reforms
The Federal Government has apparently shelved until next year its plan to scrap the $130 MBS item for team care arrangements and equalise the rebates…
Should GPs worry that the govt’s re-engineered rebates for chronic disease management plans are a big mystery?
Many GPs forgot about the Federal Government’s promise to axe the $130 team care arrangement item back in 2023, until last month’s news that the…
A GP guide to managing grief in young people
Key points: Grief is often considered an experience that mainly affects older adults. But grief is more common in the young than many people appreciate.…
MBS items for team care arrangements to be scrapped from November
Medicare items for writing and reviewing GP care plans will receive equal rebates from November, but it means that the rebates for team care arrangements…
