From foster care and med school rejection to intern: Dr Taylor Glover’s story
Dr Taylor Glover was 11 when her home life fell apart. “Growing up, there was drug abuse, alcohol abuse and violence,” she says. “When Mum…
Tag: Rural Practice
Dr Marian Dover: A rural generalist’s 4000km journey to escape the ‘path to nowhere’
When GP Dr Marian Dover saw the job of her dreams, with the thrill, she also experienced a little trepidation at what would come with…
Dr Hannah Ward: Why I’ve joined a State Government GP hit squad
“What I get by doing this is a safety net,” says Dr Hannah Ward. “It is an employee model, and the State Government will fund my…
5.4 million more bulk-billed GP consults a year thanks to tripled incentives: Mark Butler
The GP bulk-billing rate has climbed from 75.6% to 77.3% in the year since tripled bulk-billing incentives began, says Minister for Health and Aged Care…
FIFO specialists say hospital bosses want them to live in accommodation ‘riddled with cockroaches’
Fly-in fly-out specialists say Dubbo Hospital bosses want to force them to stay in accommodation “riddled with ants and cockroaches”. Until now, VMOs have been…
‘Being an aged care doctor is not about being a saint — the rewards are there in front of you’
GP Dr Fiona Wallace, who trained in the Hebridean islands of Scotland, became disillusioned with her work at an Australian rural ED after seeing so…
Moving from Sydney to a town of 1900 people ‘opens your eyes to the depth of general practice’
Going from the University of Sydney medical school to Cairns may seem like a leap for some doctors. But GP registrar couple Dr Blake Kelly…
‘Health ministers have been fed something toxic’: Medical board to begin fast-tracking overseas doctors from next week
News that Australia had opened a new fast-track super-highway to import foreign specialists to fix its beleaguered health system resulted in a big exclusive for…
Block-funding should be 40% of GP practice revenue, says govt review
A review of GP incentive payments has stuck by its draft recommendations to replace the current practice and workforce incentives with a new “payment architecture”.…
Can you still make the financial roulette of universal bulk-billing work? This GP says he has
At a time when universal bulk-billing is financial roulette, one GP says he has found a way to build a thriving practice while providing free medical…
