Category Archives: general practice

There is more to the GP super clinic story than you might have heard

November 11, 2009 – 1:24 pm

It’s been interesting to watch how the various media outlets have been reporting on a campaign by a group of GPs against super clinics, including a protest staged in western Sydney this week.
Many of the reports, whether in the local or the national press seemed to uncritically buy the GPs’ line that super clinics will [...]

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What future for general practice – the cry from a rural GP

September 3, 2009 – 7:21 pm

The current focus on primary health care reform has left GPs feeling confused, nervous and anxious, if this piece from rural GP David Monash is anything to go by. He writes:
“The elephant in the room that is not being spoken of or referred to in the current plethora of reports and indicated reforms in the [...]

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What really matters in health?

September 2, 2009 – 3:51 pm

“Primary healthcare reform is the single most  important strategy for improving our health and making the health system sustainable.  Community-level prevention and primary healthcare is essential to restoring universalism and efficiency in Australian healthcare.”
That quote actually comes from the Preventative Health Taskforce report. I thought it worth mentioning because the draft of the first national [...]

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Losing weight, regaining sight, and other stories…

April 3, 2009 – 10:44 am

The British Medical Association has just released a publication that many will find interesting, called Partners in Care: Stories about NHS patients and their doctors.
It includes more than a dozen stories of how doctors and their patients have worked together to overcome various health problems.
Stories include:
• A woman who was blind and in a wheelchair [...]

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Should experts keep out of industry advertising? Some more views…

December 8, 2008 – 4:34 pm

Professor Warwick Anderson, the ceo of the NHMRC, recently set the cat amongst the pigeons with a call for doctors and other health professionals to avoid appearing in advertising for pharmaceuticals or other health and medical products. He also suggested that they steer clear of commercially driven disease-awareness campaigns.
At the time, I thought it [...]

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How to resuscitate primary health care

December 1, 2008 – 9:03 pm

Professor Stephen Leeder, Director of the Australian Health Policy Institute, writes:
The recent Crikey article raising serious questions about the future of primary care is timely in view of the problems facing general practice in Australia.
We need a national approach to general practice that invests five times the current level in it: to achieve best [...]

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