What’s happening to our acute care skills? The broken heart of general practice

Dr Ashraf Saleh says the GP colleges have 'lowered the bar' and promoted mediocrity.
Staff writer
Dr Ashraf Saleh.

Dr Ashraf Saleh is a Queensland GP — for now.

He is leaving the specialty due to what he sees as its diminished scope, the loss of funding and the waning desire to manage chest pain or acute gastrointestinal pain in GP surgeries.