Pharmacists across NSW will manage wounds, reflux and acne ‘to end GP wait times’
The NSW Government wants pharmacists to diagnose and treat seven more conditions by 2026, including mild to moderate acne and acute minor wounds. The other…
Tag: Medical politics
Doctors say they may be forced to choose who lives or dies in dialysis crisis
A group of renal specialists say they being forced to ration dialysis through shorter or reduced sessions as services struggle to meet demand. Dozens of…
RACGP lists its top 11 red-tape headaches for GPs
If you have been repeating the same thing to the same people with the same result for the last 25 years, it can be good…
‘We’ve heard every Chicken Little argument around’: Pharmacy Guild’s message to GP leaders
Do medical groups waste time attacking the Pharmacy Guild of Australia when they should be advancing the interests of doctors? It is certainly the view…
‘We can’t forget to fund the current system while we design the future system’: RACGP president-elect
By the time Dr Michael Wright even becomes RACGP president, care plans rebates will be different, the Scope of Practice Review will be done and…
RACGP announces its next president
Dr Michael Wright will succeed Dr Nicole Higgins as RACGP president after a narrow win in the college’s presidential election over current vice-president Associate Professor…
GP shortage to hit 4600 within the decade, govt predicts
Australia will be around 4600 GPs short of meeting patients’ health needs by 2033, even assuming that 90% of GP training places are filled, the…
Payroll tax: Do governments know how many GP practices will be hit?
Accountants call it an existential threat to general practice, yet chief ministers say it will have little impact. In the six-year GP payroll tax saga…
Cannabis companies accuse RACGP of blacklisting the industry from its conference
Two medicinal cannabis companies have accused the RACGP of banning them from its national conference after it rejected their exhibition applications. Andrew Heath is the…
ECGs for patients in dramatic decline after GP rebate was cut to $16
The RACGP says the Federal Government should let GPs access a better paid MBS item for ECG tracing and recording “effective immediately” to close the…
