‘Medicare is not coming to the rescue’: Average gap fee for a level B consult rises to $44
The average GP gap fee is now $44.10 for a standard consultation and $62.70 for a long consultation, government data show, as practices grapple with…
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Meet the GP registrar who led junior doctors to victory in $230 million class action
“I didn’t know much about class actions; all I knew was it was a big deal.” Dr Amireh Fakhouri did not expect to lead a…
MyMedicare: What GPs must do to claim $300 aged care incentive
GPs must provide an aged care patient eight consultations a year, plus two care planning services, to receive the new $300 aged care incentive under…
Junior doctors win $230 million settlement after wage-theft class action
More than 25,000 junior doctors can apply for a share of $230 million after NSW Health agreed to Australia’s largest payout in a wage-theft class…
‘Same pay for equal work’: RACGP fears come true with Scope of Practice Review’s big ideas
Nurses and pharmacists accessing GP-level Medicare rebates and “cashing out” GP incentive programs to pay for multidisciplinary care are among the suggestions from the Federal…
RACGP fumes after doctors’ relationship with nurses likened to domestic violence
The RACGP says a nurse practitioner has “deeply offended” doctors by comparing collaborative prescribing rules to domestic violence. But nurse practitioner Chris O’Donnell says he…
‘Hospitals could owe some junior doctors $60,000’: Dr Gaby Bolton’s class action triumph
“Doctors could easily be owed $60,000. And for some registrars — particularly those in very heavy overtime surgical specialties — I think it would be…
Win for junior doctors as hospital bosses abandon court fight over unpaid overtime
Junior doctors appear to have won their battle over unpaid overtime with Peninsula Health, which runs Frankston Hospital, withdrawing its appeal against last year’s landmark…
Most GPs would not recommend the specialty to students or junior doctors: RACGP survey
GPs’ job satisfaction is falling, and fewer than half would recommend general practice as a specialty, according to the RACGP’s latest Health of the Nation…
Rip-off allegations fly as British surgeon paid $15,000 to cover for striking colleague
It didn’t take long for the ‘greedy doctor’ accusations to begin surfacing in response to the first mass walkout by doctors working in England’s NHS.…
