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  Compliance arrangements for Medicare changed on 1 July 2018
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- Reports and submissions
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  2019 reports and submissions
  
  Submission to the Pharmacy Board of Australia – pharmacist prescribing
  Submission to the Therapeutic Goods Administration on Therapeutic goods advertising: Ensuring 'natural' claims are not misleading
  Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Mental Health
  Submission to guidelines for the provision of anaesthesia care to children
  Submission to Royal Commission into violence abuse neglect and exploitation of people with disability – Terms of Reference
  Submission to MBS review on plastic and reconstructive surgery
  
  2018 Reports and submissions
  
  Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality Assessment and Accreditation Framework
  Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme – ICT contracts and systems inquiry
  Submission to Safe Work Australia on National Return to Work Strategy Discussion Paper
  Overview of the 2018-19 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO)
  Submission to Inflammatory Bowel Disease National Action Plan
  Submission to the MBS Review Taskforce Diagnostic Medicine/Pathology Clinical Committees
  
  2017 Reports and submissions
  
  Response to antimicrobial resistance in primary care
  Your health, your say survey submission
  Streamlining the authority system for medications commonly prescribed in general practice
  Submission to Senate inquiry into the medical complaints mechanism
  Submission to the National Framework for Maternity Services (NFMS) consultation
  Submission to the RANZCOG draft Maternity Framework for Australia
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  The use of chaperones in general practice
  
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  After-hours services in primary healthcare
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- Member consultations
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  National Primary Health Care Data Asset
  MBS Review Taskforce: Several reports open for consultation
  Review of the Practice Incentives Program – Indigenous Health Incentive
  
  Past consultations
  
  Pharmacy Board of Australia: Consultation on pharmacist prescribing
  White paper - Vision for general practice and a sustainable healthcare system
  Draft National Medical Framework for addressing the mental health and wellbeing of doctors and medical students
  Engagement with primary health networks
  Medicare benefits schedule (MBS) review - ongoing feedback from RACGP members
  RACGP Standards for point of care testing
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  Codeine rescheduling will protect Australian patients
  More time needed on Health Care Homes to get it right
  Appropriately funded Health Care Homes is an opportunity too good to miss
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  The election is over, but the pressure on GPs is getting worse
  
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  24 May 2016
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  16 February 2016
  
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