The dismal science returns: How do you make GLP-1 RAs worth taxpayers’ money?
There are many wondrous things about GLP-1 receptor agonists, not least their capacity to cripple health budgets. Given the scale of obesity and its economic…
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GP registrars offered $40,000 to train in Queensland
Almost 600 GP registrars can get a one-off $40,000 payment this year to lessen the financial pain of leaving the hospital system, the Queensland Government…
Human rights versus risk aversion: Why involuntary treatment is increasing in this state
Almost a decade ago, new mental health legislation in Queensland aimed to minimise involuntary treatment of people with disabilities and severe mental illness. The Mental…
Breaking news: Govt announces new rebates for MBS care plan items
The Federal Government has finally revealed that writing up or reviewing a chronic disease care plan will attract a rebate of $156.55 under its long-delayed…
Higher rebates for specialist attendances ‘off the table’ despite $141 average gap fee
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has shot down a suggestion he could raise rebates for non-GP specialists to stop out-of-pocket costs spiralling further…
State Govt will cover the cost of pharmacist consults for 20 medical conditions including diabetes and hypertension
Victorian pharmacists with extra training will manage and prescribe S4 drugs for type 2 diabetes, hypertension and allergies through taxpayer-funded consultations, Premier Jacinta Allen says.…
Govt-run locum agency will give taxpayers ‘bang for buck’, says State Health Minister
A government-run locum agency is coming “sooner rather than later”, says the NSW Minister for Health as he grapples with a $240 million annual bill…
Will Albo’s dreams of mass bulk-billing spell doom for the GP patient enrolment scheme?
Last year, Mark Butler told an audience of GPs that MyMedicare had finally provided the “foundations of an enduring system” after so many pilots for patients…
1350 consults in first year of pharmacist prescribing in Queensland
Queensland pharmacists have conducted 1350 consultations for medical conditions such as shingles, impetigo and reflux in their first year of prescribing S4 medicines. By May…
125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA saysÂ
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
