Why this GP (still) supports Mark Butler’s $1 billion urgent care centres
Associate Professor John Adie knows his enthusiastic support for the Federal Government’s urgent care centres is at odds with many GPs, as well as the…
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Anthony Albanese promises even more urgent care clinics: ‘80% of Aussies will live within 20 minutes of one’
The Prime Minister has committed to expanding the urgent care clinic network from 87 to 137 even though the independent evaluation of whether the clinics…
GP practices will get 28-day warning before accreditation visits under watchdog’s proposal
Assessments with one month of notice or an extended accreditation cycle with at least one mid-cycle review are the two main options in a proposed…
‘Old boot soup to the starving masses of GPs’: What a former RACGP president thinks of the billions for universal bulk-billing
Adjunct Clinical Professor Karen Price is the RACGP president who four years ago urged GPs to abandon universal bulk-billing given the paucity of Medicare rebates…
Medical board’s IMG fast track brings in 42 GPs in first three months
The Medical Board of Australia has approved 42 GPs, eight anaesthetists and three psychiatrists under its new IMG fast track that cuts out medical college…
Musk, death threats and the tinfoil hats — should doctors quit Twitter for good?
For some, it is a seething malignancy of vitriolic hate laced with fake news and tinfoil conspiracy theories — a virtual reality fostering a new…
All patients under 35 should be eligible for bulk-billing incentives: RACGP’s election pitch
The RACGP wants bulk-billing incentives to apply to all 3.7 million Australians aged 34 or younger, rather than just children and concession card holders. College…
Clinical independence under threat from ‘vertically integrated’ cannabis companies, doctors tell Mark Butler
Doctor and pharmacy groups have suggested banning medicinal cannabis companies from simultaneously owning clinics and dispensaries, saying doctors’ independence is at stake. AMA Queensland and…
Referral service halts plan to charge GP practices $1000 subscription fees after backlash
The country’s largest secure messaging service has put on hold its plan to charge practices up to $1000 a year to make digital referrals using its platforms. GPs were outraged by…
Anti-COVID-19-vax GP faces new AHPRA complaint after winning Supreme Court battle over his suspension
Dr William Bay, the former GP registrar who won a Supreme Court battle to overturn his suspension following his anti-COVID-19-vax tirade at an AMA conference,…
