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    Tag: health policy

    Anthony Albanese promises even more urgent care clinics: ‘80% of Aussies will live within 20 minutes of one’

    March 3, 2025

    The Prime Minister has committed to expanding the urgent care clinic network from 87 to 137 even though the independent evaluation of whether the clinics…

    We need a new strategy to reverse falling vaccination rates in Australia

    February 26, 2025

    Child vaccination is one of the most cost-effective health interventions. It accounts for 40% of the global reduction in infant deaths since 1974 and has…

    $30,000 payments to registrars and PIP for universal bulk-billing — more details of Mark Butler’s GP cash splash

    February 24, 2025

    The expansion of bulk-billing incentives to GPs has captured headlines, but the Federal Government’s $8.5 billion pre-election health cash splash has a few pieces. Underpinning…

    What do you think of the Govt’s $8.5 billion universal bulk-billing pledge? Take the AusDoc survey

    February 24, 2025

    Under its flagship re-election policy, the Federal Government is promising nine out of 10 GP visits will be free from out-of-pocket expenses by 2030. As…

    Minister pledges to lift gag law that stops doctors broaching VAD with patients

    February 20, 2025

    Doctors will no longer risk being referred to AHPRA for raising voluntary assisted dying as an option for terminally ill patients under a Victorian Government…

    Medical board’s IMG fast track brings in 42 GPs in first three months

    February 18, 2025

    The Medical Board of Australia has approved 42 GPs, eight anaesthetists and three psychiatrists under its new IMG fast track that cuts out medical college…

    Doctor lodges his own MSAC application for $563 ‘virtual colonoscopy’ rebate

    February 14, 2025

    After his first battle with the Medical Services Advisory Committee lasted seven years, Associate Professor Tom Sutherland doubted he had strength for another. But the…

    $257 for bulk-billed IUD insertion — these are Mark Butler’s new contraception Medicare items

    February 11, 2025

    Medicare items for inserting IUDs or contraceptive implants would have 40% loading if bulk-billed, in addition to rebates more than doubling, under the Federal Government’s…

    ‘The NSW Government needs to realise people will die’: Psychiatry registrar quits for Victoria

    February 11, 2025

    NSW is home for psychiatry registrar Dr Nithya Reddy. It is where she grew up, undertook all of her medical training so far and became…

    All patients under 35 should be eligible for bulk-billing incentives: RACGP’s election pitch

    February 11, 2025

    The RACGP wants bulk-billing incentives to apply to all 3.7 million Australians aged 34 or younger, rather than just children and concession card holders. College…

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