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Taking stock of progress in public health
Thirty years ago I was in Canberra visiting the late, great Sidney Sax, one of Australia's master craftsmen of public health and health service planning, then...
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Size counts as incentive change helps some, costs others
GPs working in some of the nation’s smallest towns and most remote communities are set to receive a hefty increase in Commonwealth subsidies, while around 5000...
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Sickest, smallest to be hit hardest by Commonwealth cuts
The Federal Government has been warned that more people are likely to die because of an increasing shortfall of thousands of doctors, nurses and other health...
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Providing high quality care doesn’t pay
Current funding arrangements for general practice do not reward quality care and must be overhauled, the AMA National Conference has been told.While not...
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GP pharmacists, a healthy prescription
The AMA recently provided its proposal to the Government for integrating pharmacists into general practice.The Pharmacists in General Practice Incentive...
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AMA wants to recruit pharmacists to primary health team
Patients would suffer fewer adverse reactions to medicine and be almost $50 million better off while governments would save more than $500 million under an AMA...
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Sky-high Indigenous imprisonment rates a health disaster
Imprisonment is rarely good for health, particularly if you are an Indigenous Australian.But, tragically, Indigenous people are far more likely to be locked up...
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No crisis, but change is needed: Ley
Health system funding is not in crisis but there needs to be an overhaul of the way the Federal Government pays for GP and hospital services, Health Minister...
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When it comes to politics, dollars outweigh reason
The Federal Government’s changes to GP Rural Incentive Program payments are now on the Department of Health website for all to see.Go to ruralhealthaustralia....
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Incentives hold out promise of better after hours care
The Federal Government has promised patients will find it simpler and easier to see a GP at night or on weekends following the reinstatement of incentives for...
