Federal budget: No compliance crackdown, no new money… but not nothing
The health bit of last night’s federal budget unfolded as nearly everybody predicted, which you may take as a compliment or a criticism of the…
Tag: Budget 2022
Is Australian Prescriber doomed?
Former chair says the medical journal would struggle to switch to advertising or subscription revenue.
The Govt still doesn’t know if the My Health Record has a ‘meaningful use’
Almost 608 million documents have been uploaded by patients and doctors.
Will Labor’s win result in real health policy change?
Labor’s win in Saturday’s federal election heralds real change in health policy. Although Labor had a small-target strategy, with limited big spending commitments, its victory…
Axing NPS MedicineWise’s funding is another nail in the GP coffin
In my vision of general practice, I see a near-complete coffin centre stage and a nail gun lying on the ground ready to finish it…
‘I want a chance to make our case,’ says NPS MedicineWise chair
The charity's public funding was taken away in the federal budget.
Safety commission likely to secure GP patient prescribing data after NPS funding axe
NPS MedicineWise is calling for a review of the federal budget decision.
What was (and wasn’t) in last night’s Federal Budget
The Federal Government also announced it would review the Modified Monash Model and spend $15 million to ensure telehealth consults were included i…
Greg Hunt’s $1.7 billion reform package for general practice: Is any of it real?
Analysis: Australia's Primary Health Care 10 Year plan offers fewer details than last year's draft.
Most Aussies ‘wildly overestimate’ govt spending on general practice
It comes as the AMA and RACGP release their pre-budget wish lists.
