Alam Yoosuff

Associate Prof | GP | Board Director MPHN & MLHD | Principal GP Finley Regional Care | Tweeps my own views, retweet NOT= to endorsement

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

#RuralGeneralist is like a Swiss knife — able to morph into whatever the situation demands. It’s not multitasking for the sake of it; it’s connecting all parts of #ruralhealth care into one purpose @RuralDoctorsAus @ACRRM @RiverinaRTHub @RuralDoctorsOrg

https://t.co/EHtPtW0Ov8

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

Everyone’s talking about the “new” bulk billing incentives. Is it really a win for general practice — or a slow trap that trades independence for control?

Access & quality shouldn’t be opposites, yet somehow, our system keeps forcing us to choose https://t.co/cCG6oxpdiz

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

🚁 $158.8M for 3 new ambulance helicopter bases in rural NSW is a WIN!
But the job’s not done until we fix retrieval pathways such as no >250 km by road, selection of destination 🏥 @RyanPark_Keira @NSWAmbulance @RuralDoctorsAus @RDANSW

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

Billion-Dollar Digital Health Record SDPR @NSWHealth — That Forgot to Talk to Primary Care! It took Special Commissioner to finally state obvious! @RyanPark_Keira @RACGPPresident @RuralDoctorsAus @stephenjduckett @MelissaSweetDr @ACRRM

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

Special Com Inquiry into Acute Care by @NSWHealth screaming out
👉🏼Embedding prevention in State health services is MUST
👉🏼If primary care is inefficient, 2ry/Tertiary care won’t cope/perform
Major restructure needed @RyanPark_Keira @JulieLeask @RACGPPresident @RuralDoctorsAus

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

@NSWHealth Special commission of inquiry highlights the need for accessible equitable primary care in rural. State - Federal divide is not an excuse for LHDs @RyanPark_Keira has mammoth task ahead https://t.co/hZL39pXOOq @RACGPPresident @RuralDoctorsAus @k_eagar @DrJoeMcGirrMP

[Michelle Cowan @chelleCowan1]

The Special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Funding report - it’s a must-read.
https://t.co/MJ7xWfG5Y9
Little analysis and evidence - the optimal way of risking the wastage of precious public funds.
You can responsibly stop this! @RyanPark_Keira @MaryAnneThomas

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

Let it die, just don’t be seen killing it:
The silent policy behind rural procedural decline
Rural hospitals are hollowing out — open in name, empty in service. We chase ‘system safety’ while communities left unsafe? @RACGPPresident @DoverMarian @RyanPark_Keira @RuralDoctorsAus

[Stephen Duckett @stephenjduckett]

First report on evaluation of Medicare Urgent Care Centres released https://t.co/X3g9PndJ8J

[Stephen Duckett @stephenjduckett]

Good review piece, still early days for AI use obviously, but now might be the time to think about implications for MBS prices and policies on use https://t.co/6zs3h2OFNK

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

What happens when you do surgery with a chainsaw:

"Hundreds of Thousands Will Die." https://t.co/U9Ym5Pwh8u

[Antony Green - elections @AntonyGreenElec]

Why I’ve Decided to Retire from Presenting Elections Plus a few words of thanks https://t.co/I7xuQGCFro

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

@ian_hickie @Mark_Butler_MP Fair point. Primary care might involve far more things than dr stuff, steering the clinical care navigation will need clinical leadership.

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

@stephenjduckett Lots of focus on “to make Medicare healthy”. Universal/free access is important but won’t fix all issues

I think we forget to focus on “to make people healthier” and to reorient Medicare?

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

$265M GP training (400+spots)
$205M GP reg sal incentives
$44M GP trainee entitlements
$44M John Flynn placements
$48M 100+ CSP med students
$3.5B tripling bulk bill incentives
$500M women’s health
Total 4B

What is rest of 8.5B for? @stephenjduckett @wrightdrmc

[Alam Yoosuff @AlamYoosuff]

✅Will $8.5B Medicare boost reduce out-of-pocket costs? Yes
✅It will easily increase fully bulk-billing practices. Already 4,500 clinics are (out of 7,500) fully bulk-billing

Good policy

@wrightdrmc @MaritaCowie @Mark_Butler_MP @AlboMP

[Marita Cowie AM @MaritaCowie]

Great to see GP/RG focus in today’s health workforce announcements by @Mark_Butler_MP & @AlboMP
✅More GP training places
✅New salary incentives GP trainees
✅New parental & study leave payments for GP trainees
✅More junior doc rotations in GP
✅More funded med school places

[Stephen Duckett @stephenjduckett]

‘It’s what we should be doing anyway’: using financial incentives to promote relational continuity in Australian General Practice—a nested case study analysis https://t.co/BeTVsTYBqG

[RDAA @RuralDoctorsAus]

Rural communities are now welcoming interns & junior docs who are yet to finalise their future training pathway!

Help us show them how awesome a rural medical career is :)
👉 https://t.co/FTcliGwZgq
#DestinationRural #gorural #ruralhealth

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

“It’s classic military thinking; you prepare for the worst case. So… why doesn’t that same argument apply to global warming?”