Older adults in poorer areas would benefit more from seeing the same GP, but often find continuous primary care harder to access.
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The new NHS workforce plan for England promises a 50% increase in GP training places by 2031. But the challenges GPs are wrestling with go much deeper.
In Australia’s bulk-billing ‘deserts’, it’s incredibly difficult to find a doctor who will bulk bill. The government should step in to support or set up clinics so locals have access to health care.
Catch-up vaccinations are free. These hints and tips will help you get started.
The problems facing the NHS have been years in the making: a result of poor decision-making, lack of political consensus and chronic underinvestment.
Doctors don’t always tell you they’re unsure what’s behind common symptoms, such as a stomach ache. And that can have serious effects.
Medicare needs an overhaul to improve patients’ access to quality care. And we have a unique opportunity to shake up how health care is provided.
More Australians are delaying care or going to emergency departments because they can’t see a GP. Here are six reasons why.
‘See your GP’ is standard advice. But what if you don’t have one? Or yours is shutting up shop? Here’s how to find a new GP who suits you.
The cost and profits involved in running a medical practice is everyone’s business. It can influence the type of health care you receive.
A good doctor can help you work out when tiredness has crossed over into true fatigue.
Our study showed that people who followed advice from their GP kept almost all of the weight they lost off two years later.
Whether you’ve tested positive on a PCR or a rapid antigen test, here are a GP’s tips of how to manage your condition.
Remote consultations with the GP are no longer just for busy young professionals
Medical receptionists have taken on new roles during the pandemic, which no-one planned for. We must not forget them and the stressful work they do.
Australians over 50 can get their AstraZeneca vaccine from a GP clinic from today. Here’s what you need to know when you book yourself in.
We’ll need mass vaccination hubs and expanded GP vaccination clinics to deliver jabs to millions of Australians.
Wound care might be costly, but it’s cost-effective, saving health dollars in the long run. The issue is, who pays?
Many more people need long-term specialist care, or are waiting a long time for elective surgery. These and other factors tell us we need to update how specialist referrals work.
Electrocardiograms are a common tool used by GPs to spot heart problems, and every medical student is trained to interpret one. Yet the government plans to remove Medicare funding for GPs to do this.
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
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Professor of Health Economics, Monash University
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Health Service Research, University of Birmingham
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General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Jim Gillespie es Amigo de The Conversation.
Associate Professor in Health Policy, Menzies Centre for Health Policy & Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Director, SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care and Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Health Economics, Curtin University
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Professor of Health Policy, Curtin University
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Professor in Clinical Ethics, Macquarie University
