Crux of Australia’s excellent health system-despite multiple blockers & inconsistencies:Health People working in it. Guide patients through convoluted maze. #justAGP = physician,philosopher & friend-enhance/support overall care. Private/Public In/out of hospital collaboration 3/3
The British have long talked about the NHS with reverence, but that has not protected it from descent into disaster.
Similarly, Australians shouldn't believe that repeated platitudes about #Medicare will ensure its protection. What worked in 1984 is unfit for purpose in 2023.
In the remote villages of central India's 'unknown hills', motorbike sidecar ambulances help mothers give birth safely
Innovation at work 👏🏽
https://t.co/U8Pwovsi6X via @ABCaustralia
You get to know the hospital administrators who are genuinely supportive of Emergency staff. They're in ED frequently, not just when a dignitary turns up.
ED improvement requires whole of hospital buy-in - that can only happen when there's Executive & Board leading the change.
As overwhelmed hospitals in Victoria battle long wait times, doctors say GP shortages are part of the problem https://t.co/gv1tGlUzi7 via @ABCaustralia
A grotesque media beat-up that blackens a profession
.@Medicalrepublic Gr8 piece. Dead cat 🐈 in action. @ServicesGovAU & @healthgovau have to make system understandable. Tools like #MyHealthRecord & #MyGov give access to MBS & PBS claims https://t.co/sbZq1nsFYo
It's all been said before, but General Practitioners are the glue for our society, the bedrock for our health, and arguably the most important part of our health-care system, after oxygen. The vast majority work far beyond what should be expected, for marginal remuneration.
Last week I was on @abcnews breakfast discussing the fact only 15% of #medstudents are choosing #generalpractice as a career when we need that to be 50%. @yourAMSA is doing its best with a number of stakeholders to work towards this by ensuring general practice is… 🧵
As a medical defence lawyer, in my experience Medicare fraud is exceptionally rare. Moreover, most GPs make a modest living considering their responsibilities and workload. Huge admiration for GPs @amapresident@RACGPPresident@DrMukeshH @DrKate_Miller
Professor Caroline de Costa (@CarodeCosta) will deliver the Arthur Wilson Memorial Oration on Wednesday at #RANZCOG22 at 8.50am. Don't miss it.
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My job as a GP is to keep pts out of hospital. Our role is unseen until the primary care system breaks down. And where do they go? The Emergency Department