Are the Federal Government’s urgent care clinics stealing GPs?
AMA vice-president Dr Danielle McMullen says offering more attractive conditions risks 'undermining the role of the usual GP'.
An advert posted on a primary health network website is currently offering GPs 100% of gross billing if they join the local urgent care clinic.
It seems a good deal — and the generous terms and conditions may explain the growing fears that the urgent care clinics, the current Federal Government’s flagship reform, are causing damage by pulling doctors away from mainstream general practice.
