‘Cancers sticking out like dogs’ balls’: When a GP arrives in a town that has not seen a doctor for over a year
Dr Michael Veal was watching his son play country footy on a wintery afternoon last year, when one of the players copped a broken jaw…
Tag: Rural Practice
‘You can’t put a price on getting a GP’: Local council spends 10% of its budget on new doctor
When a small WA town heard their GP was leaving, the council’s phones ran hot with residents urging the shire to secure another doctor. The…
Can a med school work without a university behind it? This doctor hopes so
If his plan works, Professor Stephen Tobin will be the dean of Australia’s newest medical school. He has not been asked by the government or…
‘The retrieval guy asked which patient to take — there was only room for one’
“There is a little town on the NSW and Queensland border called Tenterfield. It is the only time I have ever had a chopper on…
Locum fees should be capped amid ‘excruciating’ workforce crisis, says next ACRRM president
“While we continue to have locums paid as handsomely as they are, we will continue to have excruciating workforce shortages.” Dr Rod Martin, ACRRM’s president-elect,…
Doctors lose ‘main tool’ for determining preterm labour
Doctors say they have lost their main tool for determining preterm labour after manufacturers of the rapid fetal fibronectin test announced plans to withdraw it…
Hearing tests done in shipping containers highlight ‘dire’ state of primary care in the Top End
GPs seeing patients in corridors, hearing tests conducted in shipping containers and poor accommodation are examples of the “dire” health facilities that have been reported…
What’s happening to our acute care skills? The broken heart of general practice
Dr Ashraf Saleh is a Queensland GP — for now. He is leaving the specialty due to what he sees as its diminished scope, the…
Are dispensing doctors the right response to prescribing pharmacists?
Whenever pharmacists push further into diagnosing and prescribing, GPs ask the question. If the prescriber-dispenser divide is truly an ancient notion, rather than pharmacists prescribing,…
9-year-old’s star turn in GP recruitment campaign
Donning an oversized white coat and stethoscope, William Gleeson turns to the camera and asks: “Are you tired of the humdrum of metro general practice?”…
