Fed Govt to hand pharmacists $2 billion in compensation for 60-day dispensing
Pharmacies will receive an extra $4.79 per 60-day script dispensed under a new funding agreement with the Federal Government, which has patched up its fractured…
Tag: Politics
The federal budget is tonight — here’s what the GP groups want
Tonight, Treasurer Jim Chalmers hands down his third budget — counting his initial mini-budget in October 2022 — with the knowledge that a federal election…
How this ‘boring’ GP was embraced as a politician after refusing COVID-19 vax
Dr Julie Sladden says she used to be an uncontroversial GP and possibly one of the most “boring” people she knew. But then she refused…
RACGP sounds alarm over Fed Govt’s scope of practice review
The RACGP is worried that the Federal Government is barrelling towards a UK-style health system based on its scope of practice review, which will start…
‘Farcical’ workforce rules are hurting patients, says doctor-turned-MP
Health bureaucrats have “failed” on the medical workforce for decades and neglected patients in outer-city suburbs, says Labor MP and paediatrician Dr Mike Freelander. The…
Nurse practitioners will be freed to bill Medicare independently of doctors under Fed Govt bill
Nurse practitioners will be free to bill Medicare without clinical backup from a doctor under draft laws introduced to federal Parliament today. The changes were…
Laws passed to protect IVF doctors following frozen embryo death ruling
Alabama has passed legislation shielding doctors from potential legal liabilities raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. The state signed into…
Wanted: GP hit squad to be ‘deployed at a moment’s notice’ to rescue struggling practices
A team of 10 GPs employed by the Tasmanian Government will be “deployed at a moment’s notice” to rescue struggling practices under a radical election…
Govt spending on GP care down to 2015 levels: Productivity Commission report
The Federal Government’s per-patient spending on general practice has fallen from $460 to $420 in one year, which an expert says reflects not just the…
Have tripled incentives boosted the bulk-billing rate in your area? Find out here
The impact of tripling bulk-billing rates last November has been clear, at least according to Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler. For GPs,…
