UK bans physician associates from treating undifferentiated patients
The NHS has told its 3500 physician associates to stop treating undifferentiated patients and to use a new title: physician assistants. The UK Government ordered…
Tag: health policy
Bob Marley, syphilis and the power of letters: Professor Robert Parker on a decade leading doctors in the NT
The story that has stuck with Associate Professor Robert Parker was told by his former boss Dr Alan Walker in 1989. Dr Walker said that…
‘It prevents us from doing roads, libraries, bins’: The shires spending up to 16% of their budgets on GPs
Gnowangerup Shire president Kate O’Keefe.Local governments spending up to 16% of their budgets on GP recruitment want the Federal Government to cover the cost of…
Practices vs GPs: How will Mark Butler split his bulk billing ‘spoils’?
The Federal Government has always claimed its big election promise to raise GP bulk-billing rates to 90% is backed by incredibly detailed modelling. The key…
Top health bureaucrat wants ‘less reviewing, more doing’ from Mark Butler after 70 reviews in three years
The top health bureaucrat wants “more doing, less reviewing” from Mark Butler, according to a memo released under Freedom of Information laws. Department of Health,…
The GP wound care scheme is an important first step in stopping a hidden epidemic
The Chronic Wound Consumables Scheme (CWCS) promises to offer financial relief to around 20,000 Australians living with chronic wounds. As the country’s peak body for…
Govt releases details of the $102 Medicare item for menopause assessment
GPs will need to perform a 20-minute assessment, including a physical examination and blood pressure measurements, to bill the Federal Government’s new Medicare item for…
‘Angry men behaving badly wherever you looked’: Dr Monique Ryan on her second election battle
In her second election, Dr Monique Ryan’s seat was one of the most closely watched. The paediatric neurologist turned teal independent held onto the Melbourne…
Let young dementia patients into aged care, says Dementia Australia
Kylie Miskovski.The Federal Government should give patients with younger-onset dementia the option of entering aged care, says peak body Dementia Australia. A 2020 government plan set a…
Band-Aid fixed? Govt launches GP wound care scheme to fund dressings for 20,000 patients
Some 20,000 older patients with diabetes will be eligible for free dressings each year under a long-awaited Federal Government scheme. For years, doctors have warned…
