Australian Doctor News

What the Albanese Govt will do for general practice

23rd May 2022
Simply in cash terms, the Labor Party’s biggest investment in general practice is the $750 million it is offering to make…
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Mark Butler and Anthony Albanese
6minutes News

Struggle to attract GPs to community care sparks funding plea

19th May 2022
The incoming Federal Government must address the funding shortage in community health primary care that is making it…
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Australian Doctor News

5000 GPs targeted with 'nudge' letters over pathology requests

16th May 2022
More than 5000 GPs are being targeted by federal Department of Health ‘nudge’ letters because of their pathology requests…
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Dr Cathryn Hester
Medical Observer Opinion

As the election looms, here's how I think we can save general practice

16th May 2022
“Isn’t the Lord wonderful? He had your door open just as I walked by,” announced Dorothy as she guided herself into the…
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Gordian Knot
Medical Observer Opinion

I suspect specialists put GP care plans in the bin

6th May 2022
What is to be done with care plans? They must have seemed a great idea for the experts who first gathered in the forest and…
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Wastepaper bin
Medical Observer Opinion

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore

3rd May 2022
It’s election time, and 'I’m mad as hell' (see below video) about the state of our specialty at the hands of successive…
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Howard Beale (Peter Finch) in the 1976 film Network
Australian Doctor News

Has GP patient enrolment become the latest dead parrot reform?

29th April 2022
After what he has been through, you would expect Dr Steve Hambleton to have cracked by now. He has been making that long…
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Dr Steve Hambleton