RACGP calls for telehealth reforms The college has said improved access to high-quality and culturally appropriate online consultations is key to improving health inequalities.
What is the future for small practices? As another GP shuts up shop in rural NSW, newsGP asks about the prospects for smaller clinics.
Remove ‘blanket preference’ for video telehealth: Review A report considering telehealth in Australia has recommended a key MBS telehealth principle be changed.
Practice owner facing $5 million bill amid tax grab It has been described as the ‘biggest existential threat to general practice’, and now a new GP-led petition is pleading for an end to Victoria’s payroll tax crisis.
GPs urged to contact MPs about assignment of benefit concerns The RACGP has issued a letter template for members, which includes a request to make verbal consent to bulk bill telehealth a permanent feature.
More paperwork would drive 94% to private billing: Poll The newsGP survey results follow a move by Services Australia to introduce extra bureaucracy for bulk billed telehealth.
Minister moves to reassure GPs after ‘archaic’ telehealth change Mark Butler has told the RACGP he will update telehealth bulk billing consent rules and that there are ‘no plans to pursue … punitive actions on this issue’.
Health Minister ‘monitoring’ overseas tobacco clampdowns The UK Prime Minister has followed New Zealand’s move by signalling an intent to prevent younger generations from ever buying tobacco.
Questions persist around pharmacist prescribing education The RACGP has once again raised serious concerns about diagnosis and training, as a second round of consultation on the changes kicks off.
‘We need to be more aware of the impact of disability’ The disability royal commission report has laid bare huge issues, but gaps remain in understanding how GPs would be supported in addressing them.