Dr Emma Gilchrist

passionate regional GP and practice owner, GP educator, member of PHN clinical council and rural emergency skills instructor

[Dr Emma Gilchrist @EmmaGilchrist14]

@clare_eliza Emergency C section with ICU for mum and bub says you’re wrong. And for the many women I’ve cared for who didn’t get to take their baby home

[Dr Marian Dover @DoverMarian]

“I had no idea you could do that!”

Yes, as a GP, you CAN:
✅do operative obstetrics
✅manage an emergency department
✅take on teaching, leadership, research roles
✅do complex flap repairs & grafts
✅perform endoscopies
✅empower women with reproductive choice

@ACRRM @RACGP

[Paula Leach @drPLeach]

Here’s a way of saving Medicare $

Stop telling hospital patients to see their GP for outpatient test results. They’re never sent to the GP. Ever.

We waste 1 appt explaining we don’t have it. Receptionist time to chase it, then 2nd appt to give the result

Upload it to MHR!

[Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President @RACGPPresident]

There is a reason why we have always separated the prescribing and dispensing of medicines. If pharmacists dispense the very drugs they are writing a script for, it’s a massive conflict of interest. Pharmacy prescribing also makes combating antimicrobial resistance much harder.

[Dr Marian Dover @DoverMarian]

A student shadowing me in O&G marvelled at how much we did in just 4 hours. From miscarriage, to APH, mastitis, prem labour, & IOL.

Imagine following me for a week, in GP rooms, triage & rural emergency. This Specialty is wild and diverse.

#DestinationRural #MedTwitter

[Dr Shane 🌈🐨💧🔥 @drswoods61]

Yesterday I saw a patient told she had a spider bite by pharmacist. She had shingles. The whole idea of expanding pharmacists roles is incredibly dangerous.

[Dr Marian Dover @DoverMarian]

I mean, this is just a thought, and I’m happy to be shot down but how about we get the Department to educate us, really spell out the ambiguity of MBS item number descriptors *before* sending nudge letters en mass to the Specialty struggling most.

@Mark_Butler_MP @ama_media

[Paula Leach @drPLeach]

The gov wants more Drs to train as GPs. And they want those GPs to continue bulk billing.

Who in their right mind would take a job that has had no pay rise for 10 yrs, and was promising more red-tape in the future?

#GoodLuckWithThat

[Shiraz Mahkri @ShirazMak]

Anticlimactic day with taskforce report lacking any concrete plans or big announcements for primary care (so much hype).

Doing so further risks disengaging young GPs like myself. Either of these will occur: increased gap payments, or career exit plans.

[Dr Neela Janakiramanan @NeelaJan]

I am not a GP, nor married to one as some have suggested. No vested interests; I am just a really strong believer in the importance of primary care, and why we need to be honest about what role substitution really is, if that’s what is being proposed.

https://t.co/QLuAs4ZeSZ

[Todd Cameron @TcameronTodd]

The best way to educate the public about the true nature of Medicare is to bill privately. Everyone
When the rebate arrives in the patient’s bank account it is a reminder of just whose rebate it is
#GP #HealthReform #MBS

[Dr Emma Gilchrist @EmmaGilchrist14]

@DoverMarian seems like a badge of honour to be blocked I reckon!

[Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President @RACGPPresident]

Attention all politicians! One-fifth of Australians report that their GP has stopped bulk-billing and more than 3/4 support increasing Medicare rebates to encourage more GPs to bulk-bill. It’s the right move and people across Australia know it. #Medicare https://t.co/yhoIu20sSQ

[Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez @brookmanknight]

Quote: More than three-quarters of Australians support increasing the rebate to encourage more GPs to offer bulk-billing, out-polling both increased hospital funding and out-of-hours clinics as a way to fix the crisis.

[Dr Marian Dover @DoverMarian]

Unnecessary hospital visits cost around $540 per presentation.

That’s it. That’s the Tweet.

#justaGP #MedTwitter @Mark_Butler_MP @Dom_Perrottet @bronnietaylor

[Louise stone @GPswampwarrior]

Medicare reform is likely to drive GPs out of the workforce & reduce the number of Drs wanting to become GPs. Govt will fix this with role substitution. So nurses become GPs, ENs become nurses. Cleaners become ENs & consumers & carers will be more overloaded. This is not OK.

[Joe Garra @joegarra61]

"Easy" consultations are only that when it's over. What starts as "easy" can end up very difficult, eg "just a script for the pill" becomes a long consult about depression. Devaluing general practice will be a disaster

[tern @1goodtern]

Remember 9 months ago when they said that Covid-19 patients retain elevated risk for at least nine months...?

H/t @BigDay_Mandy ❤️
https://t.co/hbfxtxyeUw

[Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President @RACGPPresident]

General practice needs a payroll tax exemption. If that doesn’t happen, practices will shut up shop or have no choice but to charge patients more. Greater numbers of people will end up in hospital emergency. The entire healthcare system will suffer. We need action now. #Payroll

[Dr Shane 🌈🐨💧🔥 @drswoods61]

Great news! @Mark_Butler_MP wants us all to work to our maximum ability, so does the mean GPs will be able to dispense? or does it only work 1 way ? Power of the pharmacy guild for all to see. Next the inevitable breakdown of #MedicareForAll https://t.co/c6dzdN4h17