United General Practice Australia communiqués
United General Practice Australia comprises the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), the Australian Medical Association (AMA), the Australian General Practice Network (AGPN), General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA), the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), and the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA).
You can read all the 'United General Practice Australia' communiqués below:
25/11/2011
Genuine consultation not lip service with GPs
United General Practice Australia (UGPA) leaders have warned the Commonwealth and State Governments to ensure there is genuine consultation with GP groups on primary health care policy and reform or risk alienating the core sector of the reform process.
22/07/2011GP groups Urge Government To Maintain and Support General Practice as the Lynchpin of Primary Health Care
Australia’s peak general practitioner coalition, United General Practice Australia (UGPA), has vowed to continue to pressure the Government to acknowledge and support general practice as the lynchpin of primary health care in Australia in all primary health care policy and programs.
22/06/2011GP groups to intensify campaign for restoration of medicare patient rebates for GP mental health services
Australia’s peak general practitioner coalition, United General Practice Australia (UGPA), today vowed to intensify its campaign to convince the Government to restore the Medicare patient rebates for GP mental health services that were drastically cut in the May Budget.
25/05/2011GP groups call for reinvestment into successful mental health program
United General Practice Australia – the coalition of the peak groups representing Australia’s general practitioners – has issued a strong united statement calling on the government to expand the Better Access program to meet the demand for mental healthcare in the community rather than reducing Medicare patient rebates for vital mental health services.
03/03/2011GP groups united on primary care reform
United General Practice Australia (UGPA) reached agreement on key areas of primary care reform and will urge the Government to consult closely with the medical profession as it progresses with the establishment of Medicare Locals and introduces changes to GP after-hours care and collaborative care arrangements.
15/09/2010Health Minister Meets GP Groups
Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, today met Australia’s peak general practice groups to discuss a range of issues that will have an impact on general practice, communities and patients in the Government’s second term.
11/08/2010The silence has been deafening on Aboriginal health – let’s hear about it
The coalition of peak groups representing general practice in Australia today joined forces with the peak body representing Aboriginal community controlled health services to call on the major parties to start talking the talk on Aboriginal health.
30/07/2010GP groups call for proposed practice nurse funding models to be adjusted
United General Practice Australia (UGPA) – the coalition of the peak groups representing Australia’s general practitioners – commends the Government on its investment and focus on general practice nurses, but is calling on the Government to ensure that the Budget proposal does not disadvantage practices that already employ nurses, and to consult with GP representatives over implementation.
15/06/2010United General Practice Australia - GPs call for individual health identifier
General practice representative groups have joined forces this week to push for the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 to be passed.
31/03/2010GP groups disappointed with lack of consultation over policy for patients with diabetes
The members of United General Practice Australia are disappointed that our organisations were not consulted by the Federal Government on today’s announcement in relation to proposed changes in arrangements for patients with diabetes. United General Practice Australia calls on the Government to consult with our organisations as a matter of urgency.
View all