Australian Doctor News

Budget 2021: What it means for GPs

11th May 2021
The federal budget seems unexpectedly awash with cash given the grim prognosis for the Australian economy made last year…
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Josh Frydenberg
Australian Doctor News

Health Care Homes officially a 'dead parrot'

11th May 2021
The so-called Health Care Homes revolution, where practices are given capitation payments to fund patient care, is finally…
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Dr Nuwan Dharmaratne
6minutes News

EDs in the 'worst crisis for 30 years', warns leading doctor

26th April 2021
EDs across Australia are trapped in a “perpetual state of crisis escalation”, with better support for GPs part of the…
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Dr Simon Judkins
6minutes News

'It's incredible': GP finally meets baby son after pandemic separation

31st March 2021
Queensland GP Dr Sivateja Mukkamala met his son not as a newborn but as a bouncing almost-eight-month-old after pandemic…
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Australian Doctor News

70% of GPs say they are limiting wound care due to cost

10th March 2021
For many decades now, general practice has been functioning as a sort-of welfare state when it comes to the treatment of…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Fruit juice, sugar and the falling health stars of a Big Food industry

24th February 2021
Fruit juice is big business. The industry in Australia contributes more than $900 million to the economy and provides more…
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Australian Doctor News

The failure to fund dressings is the MBS wound that never heals

18th February 2021
There is literally no money in treating chronic wounds for Dr Michelle Barrett, but it's an area of her clinical care that…
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