Mark Butler backs crackdown on GP co-claiming MBS nurse items with chronic disease plansÂ
The federal Minister for Health and Aged Care has backed his department after it warned 600 GPs against co-claiming a $12.70 practice nurse MBS item…
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What crisis? GP numbers are stronger than ever, says Grattan Institute
The supply of GPs is not collapsing — in fact it’s stronger than it’s ever been and its only likely to grow, the Grattan Institute…
GP staff shortages could ‘worsen’ under plan to pay nurses’ debt
A Victorian program to pay off nursing students' debt could make it harder for GPs to find practice nurses: peak bodies.
GPs don’t need to be present when nurses vaccinate – the MBS must change
I have a very simple message for the federal Department of Health and Aged Care: primary healthcare nurses are more than capable of vaccinating patients…
Leading GP takes on fight for practice nurse flu vax item
Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe has launched a 'last resort' online petition for a Medicare rule change after the Federal Government rejected a…
After 26 million COVID-19 vax doses, practice nurses say they are ‘burnt out’
A survey suggests 29% of nurses plan to leave their job within the next five years.
‘Direct supervision’ rules to relax for COVID-19 vaccinations
It comes as the booster shot campaign is accelerated due to the Omicron variant.
Practice nurses want to administer the COVID-19 vax without direct GP supervision
The rule is just about the Medicare item, says the president of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association.
GP receptionists: From the bottom of my heart, I thank you!
Kenny the Elvis impersonator is back in our practice and dressing down our head receptionist. The tirade is so loud and aggressive that the other patients…
Practice nurse stole GP prescription pads to protect career: tribunal
She said she forged scripts to conceal her mental health issues during fertility treatment.
