GPs using interpreters given Medicare green light to claim longer consults
The government’s allowance to level up MBS items to account for interpreters will not cover the majority of this GP’s work.
Tag: GP stories
Dr Jamal Rifi turns to gardening to escape pandemic’s ‘black cloud’
Dr Jamal Rifi has made a tree change to ward off a 'black cloud' following his work guiding his multicultural community through COVID-19.
10 GPs awarded Queen’s Birthday Honours
They include doctors from all over Australia who have made contributions to their communities.
Underground medicine: Aussie GP tells of her new life under fire amid the war in Ukraine
'Once we start talking to them, they often break down, words spilling out of them of the horrors they have endured,' says Dr Lisa Searle.
‘I couldn’t leave my mother to die’: GP tells of her mother’s escape from Ukraine
Dr Natalia Peker used a phone and family contacts to get her mother to safety.
‘It was like Vietnam’s Mekong Delta with fewer boats’: A GP’s journey into the flood disaster
Dr Cam Hollows, the son of Fred, says people are still living in tents, shelters and cars.
‘I can’t go on forever’: Retired GP returns to help his struggling practice
With no help from the government, Dr John Chung's former colleagues have turned to him instead.
GP finds sweetness after a bitter year
The heart-warming story of Dr Sivateja Mukkamala's long-awaited reunion with his family.
‘Left picking up the pieces’: A former army doctor shares his story
GP Dr Phil Parker was in the Army for 28 years and is now raising the alarm over veterans veterans' mental health
‘Heart-throb’ GP walks the red carpet at Cannes
Watch Norwegian Dr Anders Danielsen Lie on the big screen in Australia with the release of his two critically acclaimed films.
