Dr Victoria Smith

GP in Melbourne, Australia. Passionate about people, health, the planet and pets. Refuses to ever be a quiet Australian. Views are my own.

[Anita Munoz @DrAnitaMunoz]

Which medical professional treats every body system, acute & chronic illness, mental & physical health, every age group from preconception to palliation & does so in the patient’s social and cultural context? GPs do. NOT just a GP. #loveyourGP @RACGP

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

The family medicine residency interview

[Tarang / तरंग (he/him) @tarang_chawla]

Gladys Berejiklian has resigned. Christian Porter remains in federal parliament.

I can’t help but feel there’s one standard for male leaders and a separate one for women.

#AusPol

[Dr Victoria Smith @victoriasmith89]

@drHelenschultz My thoughts exactly Helen! Another suggestion would be funding GPs properly for all the mental health work that we do.

[Wendy Burton @Lady_Gwendoline]

@GregHuntMP makes it sound like increased bulk billing rates shows how healthy the Medicare system is. Nothing could be further from the truth. Here at the front line, the Medicare freeze and squeeze is impacting service provision and the very future of the general practice.

[Dr Victoria Smith @victoriasmith89]

This. And the failure to come up with any plan to address quarantine (quarantine is not going away anytime soon folks)

[Dr Vyom Sharma @drvyom]

As a Melburnian I really don’t need to hear “you’ve got this” - what I have got is the shits from this half-arse vaccination rollout.

[Dr Vyom Sharma @drvyom]

As a Melburnian I really don’t need to hear “you’ve got this” - what I have got is the shits from this half-arse vaccination rollout.

[Amber Schultz @AmberMaySchultz]

The Milkshake video series
- Cost $3.7 million to make
- Took up over half the funding allocated to the Respect Matters campaign
- Was approved by Dan Tehan and Alan Tudge who have voted for religious policies like the religious discrimination bill & against same-sex marriage

[Adam Bandt @AdamBandt]

Christian Porter’s press conference would have been extremely difficult for survivors of sexual assault.

It doesn’t resolve this very serious matter for the cabinet, the government & the country.

The PM must call an independent inquiry & stand the AG aside while it takes place.

[Oliver Gordon @olgordon]

Weeks out from a huge effort to vaccinate people living in remote communities across the NT, Aboriginal health and media organisations' FB pages look to have been shut down as part of all this. @CAACongress, @AMSANTaus, @CAAMA and @DanilaDilba FB accounts all showing nothing.

[Dr Eric Levi @DrEricLevi]

Good Morning Australia.

Is it airborne yet?
Have we fixed hotel quarantine ventilation?
Have we put staff in full airborne PPE?
Have we tightened protocols so this virus does not leak again and again?

Love,
6.5 million Victorians in third lockdown

[Stephen Parnis @SParnis]

Three new cases in Melbourne, which aren't in one place. Reportedly linked to the Sydney outbreak. It beggars belief after all we have learned & endured that NSW is still not going harder in suppressing the current outbreak. You don't play games with #COVID19Aus.

[Dr Victoria Smith @victoriasmith89]

@DrGrinzi @redbubble 🤣🤣🤣

[Dr Vyom Sharma @drvyom]

New #covid19vic outbreak in hospital.
Now would be a great time to hear about what is being done in hospitals for infection control, including ventilation studies.
It would be a great time, because we are out of time.
In the mean time, #dropthehammer on cluster management.

[Dr Victoria Smith @victoriasmith89]

@venessb @mbismark Thank you for reading it! In two weeks I’m starting work as a GP at an Aboriginal community controlled health service in Melbourne. Can’t wait!

[Benjamin Veness @venessb]

@victoriasmith89, @mbismark shared this piece with me recently and I just read it – lovely work. So glad to see you are now a GP. Thank you for writing it. https://t.co/AcW7SNrIXa

[Sammy J @sammyjcomedian]

Hookturnistan forever. 💪☕️

[Dr Bec Szabo @inquisitiveGyn]

I spent all day in an N95 & can barely feel my nose but oh boy now am crying with laughter.....I swear I can now push through whatever is needed courtesy of this brilliance 🙏🏽💜@sammyjcomedian 🌟🌟🌟#hookylatte #BetterTogether 🙏🏽💜

[anna spargo-ryan 🍉 @annaspargoryan]

Let's work on the assumption that no one is OK and do:

- safe housing
- liveable government benefits
- family violence policy
- increase subsidies
- fund early intervention
- ⬆️ funding for groups at higher risk
- extend telehealth
- workplace policies
- cupcakes do nothing