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RACGP and ACRRM seek formal recognition for rural generalist pathway

12th June 2019
The RACGP and ACRRM have joined forces to apply for rural generalist medicine to be formally recognised as a sub-specialty…
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RACGP to offer rural generalist training

21st March 2019
The RACGP says it will scrap its advanced rural practice fellowship and instead begin offering an ACRRM-style rural…
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Rural scene
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The small-town practice facing $100k Medicare funding cut

25th January 2019
An “obviously rural” practice operating with no town water, sewerage or street lights — and located 45 minutes from the…
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Rural stock
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Tristar could start charging patients amid rural doctor shortage

14th November 2018
One of Australia’s biggest corporates says it may have to privately bill patients to keep its small-town clinics above water…
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Dr Khaled El Sheikh
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GP corporate accused of holding rural town to ransom over medical records

13th March 2018
One of Australia’s largest GP corporates is being accused of holding a rural community “to ransom” after demanding $100,000…
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Hay, NSW
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Nurse administers DIY treatment for his own MI

12th March 2018
When a nurse in remote WA experienced the signs of a myocardial infarction, there was only one person on duty to provide…
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Ryan Franks
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RACGP erects huge sign over ACRRM headquarters

24th January 2018
Relations between Australia’s two GP colleges have soured again after the RACGP erected a huge sign of its name over ACRRM’s…
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