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    Tag: Policy

    Dr Craig Lilienthal

    Why are 1000 newly qualified GPs unemployed in the UK while Australia is crying out for more?

    July 9, 2025

    Why are two basically similar health systems, 17,000km apart, producing different workloads and different employment opportunities for GPs? According to one source, there are now…

    Associate Professor Robert Parker.

    Bob Marley, syphilis and the power of letters: Professor Robert Parker on a decade leading doctors in the NT

    July 7, 2025

    The story that has stuck with Associate Professor Robert Parker was told by his former boss Dr Alan Walker in 1989. Dr Walker said that…

    Axing this essential GP service makes no sense

    July 5, 2025

    Alas, federal funding for the exemplary Drug and Therapeutics Information Service ended on the last day of June. I am devastated, as I know other…

    A woman in a suit standing in front of a coat of arms and Australian flag.

    ‘It prevents us from doing roads, libraries, bins’: The shires spending up to 16% of their budgets on GPs

    July 4, 2025

    Local governments spending up to 16% of their budgets on GP recruitment want the Federal Government to cover the cost of direct cash incentives. Six…

    Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing Mark Butler. AAP.

    Practices vs GPs: How will Mark Butler split his bulk billing ‘spoils’?

    July 3, 2025

    The Federal Government has always claimed its big election promise to raise GP bulk-billing rates to 90% is backed by incredibly detailed modelling. The key…

    Blair Comley. AAP.

    Top health bureaucrat wants ‘less reviewing, more doing’ from Mark Butler after 70 reviews in three years

    June 30, 2025

    The top health bureaucrat wants “more doing, less reviewing” from Mark Butler, according to a memo released under Freedom of Information laws. Department of Health,…

    Govt releases details of the $102 Medicare item for menopause assessment

    June 25, 2025

    GPs will need to perform a 20-minute assessment, including a physical examination and blood pressure measurements, to bill the Federal Government’s new Medicare item for…

    Is hospital admission really the gold standard for mental health patients presenting to ED?

    June 25, 2025

    Sometimes, clusters of thoughts or issues occur together, leading to greater insights. It was not long after I had written my AusDoc article on the…

    Dr Monique Ryan. Twitter/X,

    ‘Angry men behaving badly wherever you looked’: Dr Monique Ryan on her second election battle

    June 24, 2025

    In her second election, Dr Monique Ryan’s seat was one of the most closely watched. The paediatric neurologist turned teal independent held onto the Melbourne…

    Kylie Miskovski.

    Let young dementia patients into aged care, says Dementia Australia

    June 23, 2025

    Kylie Miskovski.The Federal Government should give patients with younger-onset dementia the option of entering aged care, says peak body Dementia Australia. A 2020 government plan set a…

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