‘$12 per patient to fund the clinic’: GP tells Q+A why general practice is collapsing
Last night, GP registrar Dr Shruti Yardi asked the panelists on the ABC’s Q+A why she should work in general practice. The panelists included Minister…
Tag: Medical politics
Pharmacists have performed just 415 consults in Queensland’s prescribing trial, but what they are doing exactly remains a mystery
Following the heated controversy over Queensland’s pharmacy prescribing experiment, around 400 patients — potentially fewer — have consulted a pharmacist. A big question is what…
The AMA family is united again, but the fight over fees will continue — here’s whyÂ
The 5000 AMA WA members are part of the federal AMA again, almost eight months after being kicked out. But while the split is over,…
Bulk-bill patients and we’ll become your landlord — state government’s latest election pledge to GPs
The Queensland Government is pledging to lease 50 rent-free practices to GPs in return for bulk-billing under it’s latest $365 million re-election promise. Unveiled over the…
Queensland’s GP practices to be permanently exempt from payroll tax menace
It has been a pained battle over the past two years, but general practices in Queensland will become the first to be permanently exempt from…
Anaesthetist college urges AHPRA to suspend its plan to fast-track specialist IMGs into the country
Another medical college is warning of the menace to patient safety resulting from AHPRA’s plan to start fast-tracking hundreds of overseas trained doctors “without rigorous…
Salaried GPs would staff 1000 government clinics under Greens plan
Thousands of GPs would work as government employees under a $54 billion primary care policy that the Greens say they would push on a minority…
RACGP ultimatum: Mark Butler must reveal new care plan rebates or shelve the changes
The RACGP says the Federal Government must confirm the updated rebates for writing and reviewing GP care plans or delay its long-planned reforms until next…
‘The retrieval guy asked which patient to take — there was only room for one’
“There is a little town on the NSW and Queensland border called Tenterfield. It is the only time I have ever had a chopper on…
Medical board plan to fast-track overseas GPs into Australia next month still a big mystery, says RACGP
The RACGP says it is increasingly concerned about the lack of information on the Medical Board of Australia’s plan to fast-track IMGs into the country…
