Renee Harkin

GP. Mum. Coffee drinker. Book lover. Frustrated traveller. #NotjustaGP.

[Louise stone @GPswampwarrior]

Want to know why GPs are worried about pharmacists managing ears? One of these needs antibiotics, one is cancer. Confident you could tell which is which? Can the pharmacist? This is why we think our trainees need 11 years to tell these things apart. Over confidence is dangerous

[Louise stone @GPswampwarrior]

Want to know why GPs are worried about pharmacists managing skin conditions?Here's impetigo, eczema, meningitis, shingles in random order. These are the ones that worry us, & why we train for 11 years to tell them apart.Confident you could tell which is which? Can the pharmacist?

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

@dontattempt Glory Park

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

We need to seriously think about where our health funding goes

[Louise stone @GPswampwarrior]

I've been thinking about the cost of a GP to the govt & community, because apparently its OK to keep your Medicare rebate down to 2007 rates. You're funding the gap, and GPs are closing down. Drs who need to pay off their HECS debts are becoming non GP specialists.

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

It’s tough in GP land at the moment. More amazing work from @GPswampwarrior
https://t.co/bwuR4uq9QA

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

Nailed it @NeelaJan. Thank you https://t.co/2ZwjlwZwEI

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

@brettmontg @DrKirstie1 @DrKate_Miller Social workers in general practice would be amazing!

[Dr Neela Janakiramanan @NeelaJan]

I’ve been thinking about the ‘doctors defraud Medicare’ piece for hours.

It’s my considered view that it’s a shitty piece of investigation.

Not because doctors don’t defraud Medicare - a minority do; this is abhorrent.

But because most of what’s in the piece isn’t fraud.👇🏽

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

@erinwatsonlynn @NeelaJan Not school holidays in NSW either

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

Female doctors are suffering a heavier mental load.

Australian female GPs
Because long complex consultations are not as resourced by Medicare compared to high volume short brief and simple consults. https://t.co/kT7zlylySv

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

The percentage of convicted DV perps who serve their full sentence is 1.5%. Source: Sentencing for Domestic Violence offences Feb 2016, NSW Sentencing Council. Yet at 5.15pm on ABC Newcastle Drive today Dr Karen Williams was told her stats were hard to believe & interview ended

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

@mbismark @DrKate_Miller @RANZCP Unable to get new pts in to a psychiatrist anywhere in Newcastle or the Hunter Valley

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

Now that we’ve established that 16 year kids shouldn’t drive forklifts, can we agree that 10 year old kids shouldn’t be in prison?

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

@TcameronTodd Agree. I’m all for a stronger, more science based workforce.

[Annabel Crabb @annabelcrabb]

Last-minute request comes through to @addi_road today for 180 food boxes for Indigenous families in western NSW. Too hard? Not for this crack gang. Done in an hour. DONATE if you can! Every $10 gets a box of food delivered https://t.co/ziwaYen9oh

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

@annabelcrabb @addi_road Done. Thanks for the heads up about their amazing work

[Renee Harkin @harkin_r]

@brookmanknight But can still only co-claim with a vaccine suitability assessment? Not with a 23/36 when they ask during a normal consult?

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

Perfect storm for Sydney GPs.
Told to ensure GPs are vaccinated but subject to the same queues and delays as everyone else
Told to wear PPE (no supplies) no, wear masks (we are)
Might be named as contact site,, shut down for 2w.
Switch to Telehealth, where Medicare just been cut

[Huw Parkinson @rabbitandcoffee]

TWO WEEKS WITHOUT NOTICE

[Dr Brad McKay @DrBradMcKay]

Medicare telehealth rebates are due to change on 1st July 2021 with funding no longer allocated for phone consults >20mins. The pandemic isn’t over so why are Medicare rebates due to finish up - especially in the middle of the #sydneylockdown 🔒 😕
https://t.co/n7dx0XJe9e