‘It’s incredible’: GP finally meets baby son after pandemic separation
Dr Sivateja Mukkamala had to wait more than seven months to meet his son after his pregnant wife became stuck in India when international borders c…
Tag: Health reforms
70% of GPs say they are limiting wound care due to cost
Patients are suffering as a result of Federal Government's failure to fund the consumables need for decent care.
Fruit juice, sugar and the falling health stars of a Big Food industry
Fruit juice is big business. The industry in Australia contributes more than $900 million to the economy and provides more than 5000 jobs. × Welcome to AusDoc.…
The failure to fund dressings is the MBS wound that never heals
Canberra GP Dr Michelle Barrett estimates her practice spends up to $250 a week on dressings.
I was on the MBS Review’s GP committee: Here’s why I’m disappointed
Professor Simon Willcock says some of the ideas of the MBS Review Taskforce are already outdated.
Alcohol floor price triggered drop in ICU admissions at NT hospital: study
The reduction was largely driven by a decline in admissions for acute alcohol misuse, researchers say.
What the MBS Taskforce changes mean for GP care plans
Be warned: these are health reforms that are likely to happen.
Why ditching mental health care plans is a very bad idea
The Productivity Commission’s mammoth report into the good and bad of the nation’s mental health system reinforces a point the AMA has been making for…
Why one third of preventable hospitalisations are not actually preventable
AusDoc takes a look at the rubbery statistic used by policy wonks as a measure of primary care failure.
Let specialists extend GP referrals after they expire, says thinktank
The idea comes from the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research, which says patients are missing out on care due to red tape.
