Australian Doctor News

GP registrars squeezed out of JobKeeper payments

26th August 2020
Thousands of GP registrars will be excluded from JobKeeper payments because their new training terms started after the…
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GP registrar
Australian Doctor News

Dozens of GP practices targeted in pathology rent crackdown

20th July 2020
More than 50 GP practices have received new ‘please explain’ letters from the Federal Department of Health asking them to…
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Smart Practice

3 steps to solving your money woes

2nd March 2020
Even just the mention of ‘budgeting’ can be enough to send some people into a panic. Images of austere living, sacrificing…
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Money
Medical Observer Opinion

Which non-GP specialist deserves your referral? Here's how this GP decides

24th February 2020
There are many interested parties who try to influence our clinical activities. Sometimes it is Big Pharma, with the latest…
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Referral
Australian Doctor News

GPs 'forced to refer' under MBS wound care plan

14th February 2020
GPs could be forced to refer patients with unhealed wounds to specially trained pharmacists and nurses for management, under…
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Dressing wound
Smart Practice

Will the NBN end the fax fixation?

14th February 2020
No topic rears its dusty head as frequently as the various failed efforts to axe the fax in medical practice. The promise…
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Fax machines
Medical Observer Opinion

4 letters GPs receive that aren't worth the paper they're written on

29th January 2020
I’m not sure if it’s being back at work after the summer break, the drought and the bushfires, or just that I am now a…
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GP letter