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Urgent care clinics – solution or just a Band-Aid? 

While solving some problems, many GPs feel that they will create many more….

Expert/s: Lynnette Hoffman

Policy

Clinical Articles

Budget is a fizzer for GP

The health budget prioritises populism over policy, at the expense of general practice…

Expert/s: Lynnette Hoffman

Policy

Clinical Articles

Cheaper medicines and a new approach for mental health care. Will the budget make us healthier?

Health was a centrepiece of last year’s budget, based on a new vision for Medicare. This year, there is less health reform, but the budget does set the foundation for a new approach to community-based mental health care.

Expert/s: Peter Breadon, Anika Stobart

Policy

Clinical Articles

Triple incentive a win for bulk billing, or smoke and mirrors?

Survey of >1900 GPs looks at the practical impact for both doctors and patients…

Expert/s: Lynnette Hoffman

Policy

Clinical Articles

Are government and the media creating a ‘greedy doctor’ narrative?

GPs feel like they’re being set up as scapegoats for the decline in bulk billing and the failure of Medicare…

Expert/s: Lynnette Hoffman

Policy

Clinical Articles

Is rising payroll tax about to undo bulk billing gains?

State tax greed likely to reverse recent federal efforts to improve bulk billing...

Expert/s: Prof Stephen Duckett, A/Prof Fiona McDonald

Policy, Women's health

Podcasts

Embryos in Alabama – The ethical implications

A/Prof Alex Polyakov provides insights into the legal determination of the Alabama Supreme Court that the rights of a frozen embryo were equivalent to those of a liveborn child, and considerations of research and future policy.

Expert/s: A/Prof Alex Polyakov

Policy

Clinical Articles

Profits or patients? What’s driving pathology’s bulk billing campaign

Simple solutions put forward by vested interests involving more public funds are rarely in the public interest. Here’s how we might design a fairer pathology system...

Expert/s: Prof Stephen Duckett

Policy

Clinical Articles

Nurse practitioner busts prescribing myths

CEO of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners dispels misinformation about NP prescribing powers.

Expert/s: Leanne Boase

Policy

Clinical Articles

Bondi attack: How much is our fractured health system to blame?

System failure, under resourcing or impossible to prevent? GPs weigh in...

Expert/s: Lynnette Hoffman

Policy

Clinical Articles

Concerns over proposed ‘permanent record’ for sexual boundary violations

As health ministers consider proposed reforms that would see a health professional’s entire regulatory history published indefinitely on a national register should a tribunal find them guilty of sexual misconduct or sexual boundary violations, we asked GPs for their thoughts.

Expert/s: Lynnette Hoffman

Policy

Clinical Articles

New sex discrimination and harassment laws require proactive action

General Practices may attract scrutiny by the Australian Human Rights Commission if unless we take steps to comply...

Expert/s: Clinical Prof Leanne Rowe AM

Policy

Urgent care clinics – solution or just a Band-Aid?

While solving some problems, many GPs feel that they will create many more….

Budget is a fizzer for GP

The health budget prioritises populism over policy, at the expense of general practice…

Cheaper medicines and a new approach for mental health care. Will the budget make us healthier?

Health was a centrepiece of last year’s budget, based on a new vision for Medicare. This year, there is less health reform, but the budget does set the foundation for a new approach to community-based mental health care.

Triple incentive a win for bulk billing, or smoke and mirrors?

Survey of >1900 GPs looks at the practical impact for both doctors and patients…

Are government and the media creating a ‘greedy doctor’ narrative?

GPs feel like they’re being set up as scapegoats for the decline in bulk billing and the failure of Medicare…

Is rising payroll tax about to undo bulk billing gains?

State tax greed likely to reverse recent federal efforts to improve bulk billing...

Embryos in Alabama – The ethical implications

A/Prof Alex Polyakov provides insights into the legal determination of the Alabama Supreme Court that the rights of a frozen embryo were equivalent to those of a liveborn child, and considerations of research and future policy.

Profits or patients? What’s driving pathology’s bulk billing campaign

Simple solutions put forward by vested interests involving more public funds are rarely in the public interest. Here’s how we might design a fairer pathology system...

Nurse practitioner busts prescribing myths

CEO of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners dispels misinformation about NP prescribing powers.

Bondi attack: How much is our fractured health system to blame?

System failure, under resourcing or impossible to prevent? GPs weigh in...

Concerns over proposed ‘permanent record’ for sexual boundary violations

As health ministers consider proposed reforms that would see a health professional’s entire regulatory history published indefinitely on a national register should a tribunal find them guilty of sexual misconduct or sexual boundary violations, we asked GPs for their thoughts.

New sex discrimination and harassment laws require proactive action

General Practices may attract scrutiny by the Australian Human Rights Commission if unless we take steps to comply...

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While solving some problems, many GPs feel that they will create many more….

The health budget prioritises populism over policy, at the expense of general practice…

Health was a centrepiece of last year’s budget, based on a new vision for Medicare. This year, there is less health reform, but the budget does set the foundation for a new approach to community-based mental health care.

Survey of >1900 GPs looks at the practical impact for both doctors and patients…

GPs feel like they’re being set up as scapegoats for the decline in bulk billing and the failure of Medicare…

State tax greed likely to reverse recent federal efforts to improve bulk billing...

A/Prof Alex Polyakov provides insights into the legal determination of the Alabama Supreme Court that the rights of a frozen embryo were equivalent to those of a liveborn child, and considerations of research and future policy.

Simple solutions put forward by vested interests involving more public funds are rarely in the public interest. Here’s how we might design a fairer pathology system...

CEO of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners dispels misinformation about NP prescribing powers.

System failure, under resourcing or impossible to prevent? GPs weigh in...

As health ministers consider proposed reforms that would see a health professional’s entire regulatory history published indefinitely on a national register should a tribunal find them guilty of sexual misconduct or sexual boundary violations, we asked GPs for their thoughts.

General Practices may attract scrutiny by the Australian Human Rights Commission if unless we take steps to comply...

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