Salaried GPs would staff 1000 government clinics under Greens plan
Thousands of GPs would work as government employees under a $54 billion primary care policy that the Greens say they would push on a minority…
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‘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 crisis facing nine obstetricians who fear another Bacchus Marsh
Dr Jason Mak is one of nine O&G consultants who have withdrawn non-urgent gynaecological care until staffing levels in their maternity unit are fixed. The…
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,…
How AHPRA’s over-70s suspicions are ‘sowing the seeds of destruction’ for the entire health system
AHPRA, which may need to be renamed the Australian Health Professional Retrenchment Agency, seems to be coming up with more and more ways of dismantling…
$2.7 million urgent care clinic ‘paused’ six weeks after opening
This story has been updated with details from the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network about the clinic’s future. An urgent care…
No physiology, immunology or microbiology: Physician associates sold a lie about their clinical training
Thousands of physician associates — seen as bargain-basement replacements for doctors in the UK — are being sold lies about the true extent of their…
Uber driver, refugee, surgeon and now aspiring GP — meet Dr Karim Amani
“I was operating on a militia person when his colleagues came inside the operating theatre with guns and rocket-propelled grenades. “They did not respect anything…
RACGP presidential candidate Dr Palmyra De Banks on the big questions for general practice
The RACGP presidential election is underway, and AusDoc has asked all five candidates to answer the big questions around bulk-billing, membership fees and scope of…
