Dr Melanie Smith

proudly #Australian #justaGP. formerly #covid-19 #publichealth in the USA and now Aus ex-ex-pat clinician. GP advocate. digital health fan. opinions my own.

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@dieworkwear You just won the internet today.

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@callybeaton I just relayed this to my husband. He took the opportunity to mansplain the “true” definition of mansplaining….

He has been educated.

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

So sick of the patronising ignorant portrayal of General Practice as a source of referrals.

We see the most Mental Health out of any other group are highly trained and manage much of it with zero referral.

Stop the poorly conceptualised health system illiteracy nonsense.

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@ShannonFentiman Sad that these conditions have not been adequately managed in public outpatient gynaecology clinics … why do we have to set up “new initiatives”?

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@JudkinsSimon I remember having to pay to do a first aid course prior to starting med school….

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

“Generalist leaders must impress upon policy makers that overemphasis on measurable physician performance indicators will come at a cost. If physicians are reduced to assembly-line technicians, much of the real healing work of the person-centred generalist will be in jeopardy.”

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

The headline says it all. As @johzlim reports the Patient Tax will force practices across South Australia to hike patient out-of-pocket fees or close their doors. We need the Government to save general practice care. The clock is ticking down. #PatientTax
https://t.co/Wh47aAVik0

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@DrPeterWeeks1 And sadly we seem to following you down the same path in Australia…

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@DrSteveTaylor And in Australia we appear to be watching a similar car crash unfold….

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@DoverMarian @cameronsloy @Mark_Butler_MP Tbh I think this would be higher overall cost… less cost to the patient in that no gap having to be paid but hospital based doctors are very very powerful unions and are not going to put up with a salary equivalent to a bulk billing GP at the same level of efficiency…

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@QLDCountryGP @qldhealth Oh dear….

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

Now here’s an idea…. https://t.co/GOneAL8zqe @RACGP @PictonChris

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@MFWitches This is what the country has become without adequate investment in primary health care over several decades…

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@holland_tom Thanks for the brilliant show last night. Feel free to book a room for the next Ashes series…

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

#rihlive what really happens to Prime Minister Harold Holt? And where is he now living?

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

#rihlive who would win a match up between @holland_tom and @TonyRobinsonOBE?

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

#rihlive @holland_tom who do you think is the most underrated female historical figure? (Not counting Liz Truss)

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

Breathless with anticipation for #rihlive in Radelaide!

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@AntonyGreenElec Looking forward to it tomorrow in Radelaide!

[Dr Melanie Smith @msmithdoc]

@PrimCareDoct @QLDCountryGP @docclements Wow… must be hospital docs… certainly no metro gp ever felt that way…but we do have somewhat more experience in the real world outside the ivory tower.