Kerryn Gijsbers

GP, medical educator, mum to teens + preschooler, married to an absent minded professor type, pondering the links in health and life and wellbeing.

[ulurustatement @ulurustatement]

To the five and a half million Australians who opened their hearts to walk with us, we say thank you.

We see you, we hear you and we read your messages of support which keep us on an unwavering path towards justice and peace.

It's not over. We’re not going to live in silence.

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@GPswampwarrior Thank you for this important work.

[Louise stone @GPswampwarrior]

Enough is enough. https://t.co/YGflx1DmP2

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@LiangRhea That is a beautiful lanyard. One to treasure.

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@drlyndarose @CollingwoodFC Appreciate your work, Lynda, and your courage to speak truth, but not sure about the pies 😉

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

It’s a beautiful day in the (pink) swamp • The Medical Republic

Heartfelt and authoritatively expressed with good research.

The lady doctors have had enough.

Structural disrespect for complex work in healthcare must be legislated out or paid. https://t.co/zHxZomp1dh

[MJA @theMJA]

Four people working in the NT’s Top End share perspectives on the potential impact of the Voice to Parliament on health outcomes for First Nations peoples

https://t.co/NvM4vILLpL

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@DrNiroKennedy Looks like my friend Dana is there!

[Anthony Albanese @AlboMP]

This year on referendum day let’s vote Yes for Recognition, let’s vote Yes for a Voice and let’s vote Yes for the better future that both will deliver, for us all.

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@EmergencyBod Rescued dog at an RSPCA fundraiser - now been with us for more than 10 years.

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@cameronsloy @KangarooBeach Rheumatology appt wait 3 years at inner city hospital. Neurology 7 years in western Melbourne.

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@mbismark Sadly zoely isn’t on the pbs so it’s a private script too expensive for many who would benefit. But good we can prescribe it!

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@mbismark Would be nice to actually receive reports on our oatients.

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@brookmanknight @iPilko @RACGPPresident @RACGP @TcameronTodd Actually a GP can’t charge Medicare to review a hospital inpatient but can charge for case conferencing. I not infrequently have patients booking from hospital to get me to do their paperwork as the medical staff on the ward can’t be found!

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@debwilson_gsgp @AlboMP @BurnetInstitute There’s already a Territory CDC tackling those things but grossly underfunded. It does some great work.

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@PaulGlasziou My most eyebrow raising one was someone self scanning their shopping and asking me about their gynaecological issues. “Give me a minute whilst I get some help with this item as it won’t scan”!

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@DrGrinzi We try number 1 but just can’t! Combo part time work and not enough doctors. We are all getting burnt out.

[InsideOut Institute @InsideOutInst]

Anorexia nervosa is the deadliest of mental disorders & among the most expensive to treat in public health system, yet eating disorders receive the lowest spend of mental health research funding, according to our new research published in the @TheLancet
https://t.co/soQuokG7DN

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@DrKGregorevic Genetics plays a significant role!

[Kerryn Gijsbers @KerrynRG]

@syctong Ozempic! Lots of other issues not at all addressed in the article - genes, environment, social determinants of disease, psychology, eating disorders, etc!