Expecting GPs to bulk-bill is absurd: It’s like asking hairdressers to pay for cutting hair
I’m just starting out in general practice, but I’m already exhausted with politicians making promises that aren’t theirs to make and weighing in on issues…
Tag: Remuneration
More than 5000 doctors leave their posts in historic unprotected strike
More than 5000 doctors from 32 public hospitals have defied legal orders and begun a three-day strike — NSW doctors’ first industrial action since 1998.…
Health department tells doctors it could report them to AHPRA if three-day strike goes ahead
Health officials have told doctors they could be reported to AHPRA for striking next week and defying a legal ban on taking industrial action. The…
Thousands of doctors to strike for three days over salaries and unsafe working conditions
Thousands of doctors will stop working for three days next week, leaving public hospitals with a skeleton staff and defying legal orders banning their industrial…
Junior doctors reach $175 million agreement over unpaid overtime after four-year legal battle
Current and former junior doctors in Victoria have reached a $175 million in-principle agreement with the State Government over unpaid overtime — four years after…
Do NSW psychiatrists deserve a 25% pay rise? Here’s my take as an emergency doctor
Watching from afar, the new US regime’s changes to the management of healthcare, superimposed on an already dysfunctional system, elicit a sense of foreboding. The…
Healthcare system faces meltdown after 200 hospital psychiatrists resign — AusDoc speaks with one of them
The clock is ticking on one of the biggest crises in the Australian public hospital system. In seven days, more than 200 staff psychiatrists in…
Registrar who fought ‘antiquated’ AHPRA fee rules says 30% rebate for parental leave doctors is not enough
A registrar who campaigned to reduce AHPRA registration fees for doctors on parental leave says the changes announced this week are positive but not enough.…
AHPRA cuts rego fees by 30% for doctors on long-term leave
Doctors who take six months of parental, disability or carer’s leave will receive a 30% fee rebate, AHPRA has announced. It follows a long campaign…
Replacing Medicare fee-for-service with GP salaries is the fix our sick health system needs
It’s time for salaried general practice to become the norm. Access to timely, equitable, comprehensive healthcare is a human right — a right that our fee-for-service…
