The GP who treated triple murderer Erin Patterson tells his story
Dr Chris Webster had medical records ready, splayed before him on the bench. Hospital staff were warned to keep clear. He had even discussed his…
Tag: General Practice
Payroll tax driving up GP costs despite bulk-billing carve outs, doctors warn
Slapping payroll tax on practice payments to GPs is costing more state revenue than it generates, doctors say. The ACT has joined Victoria and SA…
GPs waiting for answers as new ADHD prescribing scheme draws closer
Dr Jess Weber says GPs have been left in the dark about the new push to allow them to diagnose, prescribe and manage ADHD. Based…
ACT ditches controversial GP payroll tax rule
The first jurisdiction to link payroll tax and bulk-billing — by exempting clinics that bulk-billed 65% of services — has flipped its approach. As courts…
Axing this essential GP service makes no sense
Alas, federal funding for the exemplary Drug and Therapeutics Information Service ended on the last day of June. I am devastated, as I know other…
Half of doctors would choose VAD if they had cancer and two weeks left to live
More than half of doctors involved in end-of-life care say they would choose voluntary assisted dying if they had cancer and were told they had…
‘His eyes were staring from behind a mask of dust’: My day as a flying doctor deep underground
Dr Elizabeth Green’s memoir is called No Time for Makeup. Here the GP and Flying Doctor tells how she found herself clinging to a metal…
RFK Jr is supercharging vaccine scepticism around the world: Here are the possible repercussions
The United States used to be a leader in vaccine research, development and policymaking. Now the US Secretary of Health, Robert F Kennedy Jr, is…
‘It prevents us from doing roads, libraries, bins’: The shires spending up to 16% of their budgets on GPs
Local governments spending up to 16% of their budgets on GP recruitment want the Federal Government to cover the cost of direct cash incentives. Six…
Doctors face rehashed accusations in latest $10 billion Medicare ‘rort’ report
GPs have been slammed for failing to “master” Medicare items in the latest iteration of a Medicare rort report that claims up to $10 billion…
