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    Tag: Social determinants of health

    Clampdown on GP-administered buprenorphine delayed for seven months

    November 29, 2023

    The ban on GPs privately prescribing and administering long-acting buprenorphine onsite has been delayed until 30 June 2024. Opioid dependence treatments were added to the…

    Does bulk-billing help the vulnerable patients who really need it?

    November 29, 2023

    AusDoc once dubbed the bulk-billing rate of a level B GP consultation one of Australia’s greatest medical mysteries.  It was the standard consult and it…

    Why this GP registrar spoke up about the benefits of being an obese doctor

    November 28, 2023

    Dr Tanvir Kapoor was first diagnosed as obese at the age of 12. “I remember a paediatrician encouraging my mum to give me more fruits…

    ‘General practice is an opportunity to serve’: Wisdom from an award-winning GP

    November 3, 2023

    Dr Christopher Hughes’ first exposure to general practice came in 1977, a placement at Greenpoint Medical Centre as part of his degree at the University…

    One in three GP practices in poorest suburbs locked out of patient enrolment scheme

    September 27, 2023

    More than a third of practices in outer Sydney suburbs will miss out on the Federal Government’s patient enrolment cash because they are unaccredited, warns…

    GPs ‘seething with discontent’ as their patients miss out on mental health care

    September 25, 2023

    “I spent 45 minutes on hold to the mental health team, and when I finally got through, the person I needed to speak to was…

    National Party endorses cap on city GP provider numbers

    September 22, 2023

    The National Party will advocate for controlling the number of GPs in cities through a cap on provider numbers, as a radical fix for the…

    Puzzling out the secret to work-life balance, or how I learnt to say no

    September 20, 2023

    After 10 years dedicated to medical training, I had no hobbies. Studying in my spare time.Thinking a break was going to courses and conferences for…

    Dr Tim Senior

    Cost of living crisis: Patients ‘missing appointments to save on petrol’

    May 31, 2023

    New patients are drifting in to see Dr Tim Senior. His practice, an Aboriginal health service, is seeing an increasing number of patients with “a…

    Dr Lisa Searle

    Underground medicine: Aussie GP tells of her new life under fire amid the war in Ukraine

    April 25, 2023

    'Once we start talking to them, they often break down, words spilling out of them of the horrors they have endured,' says Dr Lisa Searle.

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